Israel: Palestinians

(asked on 24th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the (a) beating, arrest and detention of Palestinian minor Shadi Khoury, (b) the conditions experienced by Palestinian minors in Israeli (i) military detention centres and (ii) other forms of custody and (c) compliance by the Israeli Government with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
David Rutley Portrait
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 1st November 2022

We are actively monitoring Israel's use of administrative detention which, according to international law, should be used only when security makes this absolutely necessary. We continue to call on the Israeli authorities to comply with their obligations under international law and either charge or release detainees. We remain committed to working with Israel to secure improvements to the practices surrounding children in detention in Israel. We have made clear our objections about the continued reports of ill-treatment of Palestinian minors in Israeli military detention.

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