This says who produced it, and gives a list of contents.
It is a serious paper and well worth reading.
LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment
The Public Committee against Torture
In Israel (PCATI)
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
“The Treatment of Detained Palestinian Children by the Israeli Authorities
November 2001”
LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment
P.O.B 20873, Jerusalem 91208
Tel.: 972-2-5833430 Fax: 972-2-5833317
E-mail: [email protected] www.lawsociety.org
“The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)
POB 4634, Jerusalem 91046
Tel.: 972-2- 5630073 Fax: 972-2-5665477 E-mail: [email protected] www.stoptorture.org.il
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
OMCT International Secretariat PO Box 21
8, rue du Vieux-Billard CH-1211 Geneva 8 Switzerland
Tel.: ++41 22 809 49 39 Fax: ++41 22 809 49 29 E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.omct.org
OMCT would like to extend its gratitude for its support of the Special Procedures Programme to the Government of the United Kingdom.
Researched and written by Renata Capella Soler (LAW) in consultation with Yuval Ginbar (PCATI) and Isabel Ricupero (OMCT)
Co-ordinated and edited by Isabel Ricupero
Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................... 3 Part One: Torture and Other Ill-Treatment of Children (issues under articles 1 and 16 of the Convention)...................................................................................5
- Abuse during arrest and transfer to detention centres .................................... 5 2. Torture and ill-treatment during interrogation ................................................... 6 3. Detention and imprisonment conditions............................................................. 7
Part Two: The Legal Context (issues under articles 2.1 and 15 of the Convention) ......................................................................................................10 1. Definition of the child under military law applicable in the OPT contrary to international law ....................................................................................................... 11 2. Stone-throwing as a security offence subject to military jurisdiction ........... 11 Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 15
The author, Isabel Ricupero, is easy to find on the internet,
Whether you agree with what she has written or not, this certainly appears to be a serious, bona fide piece of academic work written in good faith - not dodgy.