EDM: Palestinian children in Israeli military detention

Palestinian children in Israeli military detention

Tabled by Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat) 34 signatures

The motion

That this House notes with concern that Israeli forces continue to arrest, detain and try several hundred Palestinian children in the Israeli military court and detention system each year despite evidence that that process violates international law; highlights that Israel regularly prosecutes Palestinian children in military courts which lack fundamental fair trial rights and protections; deplores reported ill-treatment of Palestinian child detainees by Israeli authorities including widespread physical and psychological violence; asserts that Israel, as the occupying power under international humanitarian law in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is responsible for protecting the rights of Palestinian children living under military occupation; further notes that the recommendations of the 2012 Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded report, Children in Military Custody, UNICEF’s 2013 report, Children in Israeli Military Detention, have not been met; also notes that the Save the Children 2024 report describes a deterioration in the treatment of detainees; believes that in no circumstances should civilians, particularly children, be detained or prosecuted under the jurisdiction of military courts or held in military detention; and urges the Government to engage with the Government of Israel to end the military trial and detention of Palestinian children and, as a minimum safeguard, to respect and ensure basic due process rights and the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment.

Signatories (34)