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dc.contributor.advisorHays, Jennifer
dc.contributor.advisorDe Lucia, Vito
dc.contributor.authorCimmino, Laura Carlotta
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-19T13:38:10Z
dc.date.available2016-05-19T13:38:10Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-03
dc.description.abstractMy research introduces the issue of the Israeli military detention policies towards Palestinian children in the West Bank (WB) and illustrates how these violate international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL), despite their legally binding nature and despite Israel’s obligation to protect Palestinian civilians as protected persons under occupation. My research shows that Israel fails to uphold the best interest of the child resorting to the detention of Palestinian minors in an “intentional, widespread and systematic manner” (UNICEF, 2013:13) and not as a measure of last resort. My research also shows that intentionally targeting Palestinian children is one of several tools Israel adopts to enforce the occupation in the WB. Ultimately, Israeli detention policies are a form of persecution and deny children their right to self-determination. My research applies two methods: legal analysis and interviews. Chapter two discusses Israel’s obligations under IHRL with special reference to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 (CRC), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 (ICCPR) and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 1984 (CAT) and under IHL with special reference to the Hague Regulations of 1907 and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1948 (IV GC). The legal analysis focuses mainly on IHRL and only partially draws on IHL. Finally, chapter three presents the findings from interviews to a number of human rights advocates from Palestinian and international NGOs. The interviews, conducted between March 18th and May 28th, 2015, corroborate the legal arguments.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9204
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8760
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDSOA-3902
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340::International law: 344en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340::Folkerett: 344en_US
dc.subjectHuman Rightsen_US
dc.subjectChildren's rightsen_US
dc.subjectMilitary detentionen_US
dc.subjectOccupationen_US
dc.titleMILITARY CHILD DETENTION IN THE WEST BANK: An Israeli politics-driven policy aimed at destroying the will of a generationen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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