42207
2010-12
1195
Detention Of Palestinian Children In Israel
Ian Lavery
2010-12-14
That this House notes with grave concern that every year Israel prosecutes an average of 700 Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank in military courts; further notes that children as young as 12 are brought to these courts in shackles and cuffs and denied a fair trial, that most of these children are charged on the basis of confessions under interrogation, that 32 per cent. of all confessions are written in Hebrew,a language they do not understand; further notes that frequently they only meet their lawyers for the first time in court, that there are widespread and persistent allegations of torture and abuse against Palestinian children; further notes that Israel, whilst considering children to be anyone under the age of 18 in its own system, treats Palestinians as adults from the age of 16 in contravention of the International Convention of the Rights of the Child; furthernotes that whilst Israeli settler children in the same area have to see a judge within 24 hours, Palestinians may not see a judge for eight days; believes that this represents a dual legal system based on race and a grave and serious breach of international law; further notes that according to the Israeli human rights group, B'tselem, in Jerusalem, Palestinian children under 12 have been arrested including a five-year old; and calls on the Government to demand immediate action from the Israeli government to bring its behaviour in line with international law.
Children and families
Courts
International law
Middle East
Ian Lavery
2010-12-14
Proposed
Wansbeck
Labour
Grahame Morris
2010-12-14
Seconded
Easington
Labour
Dennis Skinner
2010-12-14
Seconded
Bolsover
Labour
Richard Burden
2010-12-14
Seconded
Birmingham, Northfield
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2010-12-14
Seconded
Blyth Valley
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2010-12-14
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Mark Durkan
2010-12-14
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Cryer
2010-12-14
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Alan Meale
2010-12-14
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2010-12-14
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Jim Sheridan
2010-12-14
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Labour
Sandra Osborne
2010-12-15
Seconded
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
John McDonnell
2010-12-15
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Jim Dobbin
2010-12-15
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Andrew George
2010-12-15
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Stephen Williams
2010-12-15
Signed
Bristol West
Liberal Democrat
Valerie Vaz
2010-12-15
Signed
Walsall South
Labour
Eric Illsley
2010-12-16
Withdrawn
Barnsley Central
Labour
Marsha Singh
2010-12-16
Signed
Bradford West
Labour
John Leech
2010-12-16
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Annette Brooke
2010-12-16
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Cathy Jamieson
2010-12-16
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Labour
John Pugh
2010-12-20
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Virendra Sharma
2010-12-20
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Mary Glindon
2010-12-21
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Glenda Jackson
2011-01-10
Signed
Hampstead and Kilburn
Labour
Andrew Love
2011-01-10
Signed
Edmonton
Labour
Caroline Lucas
2011-01-10
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Mark Williams
2011-01-10
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Tony Lloyd
2011-01-12
Signed
Manchester Central
Labour
Jim McGovern
2011-01-13
Signed
Dundee West
Labour
Linda Riordan
2011-01-26
Signed
Halifax
Labour
David Crausby
2011-02-08
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2011-12-05
Signed
Coventry South
Labour