| Legal safeguards and reforms failing to protect minors during interrogation [31 May 2017] - In a recent decision handed down by the Military Appeals Court on 2 April 2017, the Military Appeals Court identified numerous shortcomings in the manner in which two minors were interrogated in breach of the regulations designed to protect them, including prompt access to a lawyer of their choice and the right to silence. |
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| Military Authority Releases Arrest Data For 2015 [27 April 2017] - According to data recently released by the military and police 871 children were arrested in the West Bank in 2015. The data was released in response to a Freedom of Information application submitted by the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). |
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| The right to a lawyer and admissibility of evidence - case analysis [March 2017] - Ofer military court rejects a statement obtained from a minor who was denied access to a lawyer prior to interrogation. In rejecting the admissibility of the statement the court noted that the interrogating authorities had "blatantly violated the rights granted to the Defendant." |
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