Author: Defence for Children International. Palestine Section
Title: Palestinian Child Prisoners: The Systematic and Institutionalised Ill-Treatment and Torture of Palestinian Children by Israeli Authorities
Summary: This report documents the widespread ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army and police force. It contains the testimonies of 33 children who bear witness to the abuse they received at the hands of soldiers from the moment of arrest through to an often violent interrogation. Children report being painfully shackled for hours on end, kicked, beaten and threatened, some with death, until they provide confessions, some written in Hebrew, a language they do not speak or understand. The report finds that these illegally obtained confessions are routinely used as evidence in the military courts to convict around 700 Palestinian children every year.
Details: Jerusalem: DCI-Palestine, 2009
Source: Defence for Children International; Human Security Gateway
Year: 2009
Country: Israel
URL:
Shelf Number: 114819
Keywords:
ConfessionsHuman RightsJuvenile Corrections |
