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Military Court Watch - Newsletter August 2018

At the end of June 2018, there were 273 Palestinian children held as 'security prisoners' in Israeli prisons. 54% of children were detained inside Israel in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Also in this issue: evidence update based on 33 testimonies collected from children detained in 2018; the Netherlands responds to the unlawful transfer and detention question; a 15-year-old boy describes the night the military delivered a summons at 2 a.m.; a soldier describes how the took over a Palestinian home and damaged it; and an eyewitness account of the military courts from an Australian MP.

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Military Court Watch - Newsletter July 2018

At the end of June 2018, there were 273 Palestinian children held as 'security prisoners' in Israeli prisons. 54% of children were detained inside Israel in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Also in this issue: evidence update; UK Government confirms full application of Fourth Geneva Convention to the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza; Australian Government's ambivalence towards rules based international order; ICC issues decision on outreach for victims in Palestine; and testimonies from a child detainee and a soldier.

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Military Court Watch - Newsletter June 2018

At the end of May 2018, there were 291 Palestinian children held as 'security prisoners' in Israeli prisons. 52% of children were detained inside Israel in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Also in this issue: MCW Annual Report; UN Secretary General extensively reduces focus on children in military detention; UK lawyers' report - 6-years on; and Military Order 1798 translated into English.

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