On 23 December 2013, LPHR launched a new project to mark the end of our first effective year as a charity. Our ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign with Defence for Children International Palestine (DCIP) had the key objective of empowering and educating Palestinian children to secure their basic rights while detained in the Israeli military detention system. Our Know Your Rights campaign is ongoing and remains critically important. Over 10,000 children have been informed of their basic rights in training sessions.
LPHR believes that no child should be prosecuted in a military court, or any court that lacks comprehensive fair trial rights and juvenile justice standards, and that any child held in custody should be provided with their full human rights as an essential child protection, safeguarding and rule of law requirement.
LPHR’s work on the Know Your Rights campaign forms part of our Children’s Rights project, which includes publication of regular Child Rights Bulletins highlighting a range of systemic human rights violations against children arising from continued military occupation, and also comprises specialist engagement with the UK Government and parliamentarians. For an example of the latter, please see LPHR’s briefing for our legal and human rights analysis on Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children, which was replicated in the lead speech of Sarah Champion MP for a parliamentary debate in 2018.
LPHR’s work on children in military detention is cited several times in the Save the Children International report entitled, ‘Defenceless: The Impact of Israeli Military Detention on Palestinian Children‘, published in 2020, and also in the subsequent report entitled, ‘Isolated: The Impact of Family Separation on Palestinian Children in Military Detention‘, published in 2022.
News, Blogs, Events & Urgent Actions
- LPHR statement urging ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan to reaffirm child policy commitment with over 3,600 Palestinian children killed or missing under the rubble in GazaNews item26th October 2023
- LPHR legal briefing on starvation of civilians in GazaNews item13th October 2023
- LPHR and Al Mezan: Bereaved Palestinian family gives significant evidence in Paris to investigating judge for unprecedented war crimes and corporate accountability case arising out of 2014 military attacks on GazaNews item3rd August 2023
- LPHR and Save the Children: Landmark call for an immediate moratorium on the arrest, detention and prosecution of Palestinian children by Israel’s military authoritiesNews item10th July 2023
- Israeli forces continue to arrest Palestinian children from their homes in the middle of the night, traumatising familiesPost8th February 2023
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 01 October- 31 December 2022News item2nd February 2023
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 11 January- 30 September 2022News item21st October 2022
- Children in Gaza continue to be effectively denied access to critical medical treatment due to Israel’s closure policyPost16th September 2022
- Marked surge in the number of Palestinian children held in solitary confinementPost29th April 2022
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 16 November 2021 – 10 January 2022News item27th January 2022
- Urging the UK government to call for an end to the unlawful administrative detention of Amal Muamar Nakhleh, 17 year-old Palestine refugeeUrgent Action24th January 2022
- No warrant required to enter Palestinian homes in the West Bank but warrants required to enter settlers’ homes, Israeli High Court confirmsPost23rd December 2021
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 September – 15 November 2021News item26th November 2021
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 June – 31 August 2021News item15th September 2021
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 March – 31 May 2021News item18th June 2021
- Requesting the UK government closely monitors Israeli authorities investigation into the killing without lawful justification of Said Odeh, a 16-year-old Palestinian boyUrgent Action10th May 2021
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 January– 28 February 2021News item8th April 2021
- Settler violence surges in the void of lack of international action against settlementsPost26th March 2021
- Child fatalities arising from Gaza’s ongoing electricity crisisPost5th February 2021
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 November– 31 December 2020News item28th January 2021
- LPHR and Defence for Children International Palestine’s ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign for children on detainee rights is seven years old and remains critically importantNews item23rd December 2020
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 September– 31 October 2020News item26th November 2020
- Requesting the UK government respond to the imminent demolition of Ras al-Tin primary school by Israel’s authoritiesUrgent Action19th October 2020
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 July– 31 August 2020News item17th September 2020
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 May– 30 June 2020News item6th July 2020
- Abuse and violence against children in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Al-Issawiya in East JerusalemPost3rd July 2020
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 March– 30 April 2020News item15th May 2020
- Children from Gaza receiving medical treatment whilst separated from parents due to Israel’s permit regimePost26th March 2020
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 January – 29 February 2020News item24th March 2020
- 2019 Year In Review Child Rights BulletinNews item2nd February 2020
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 September– 30 September 2019News item5th November 2019
- Update on the shooting of 9-year-old ‘Abd a-Rahman a-Shtweiwi: Forensic Architecture’s findings strongly suggest the boy was shot in the forehead with live ammunitionPost23rd October 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 August– 31 August 2019News item4th October 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 July– 31 July 2019News item4th September 2019
- Requesting the UK government respond to the shooting of a nine-year-old boy in the head with live ammunition in the occupied Palestinian territoryUrgent Action13th August 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 June– 30 June 2019News item12th August 2019
- Requesting the UK government respond to the fatal shooting of one boy and shooting of another boy resulting in a leg amputation, both at the Separation BarrierUrgent Action29th July 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 May- 31 May 2019News item2nd July 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 April– 30 April 2019News item5th June 2019
- Right to education at increased risk for Palestinian schoolchildren in HebronPost4th June 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 March– 31 March 2019News item7th May 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 February- 28 February 2019News item1st April 2019
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 January– 31 January 2019News item12th March 2019
- Requesting the UK government’s fresh impetus to challenge the systemic maltreatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military detentionUrgent Action15th January 2019
- Concerning the targeting of children and monitoring Israel’s investigation into its military’s use of force at the Gaza protestsUrgent Action2nd May 2018
- LPHR publishes briefing on Palestinian children in Israeli military detention to coincide with parliamentary debateNews item5th February 2018
- UK makes principled and meaningful recommendations to Israel at Universal Periodic Review of its human rights recordPost23rd January 2018
- Requesting the UK government respond to the shooting of 14 year old Mohammed Tamimi and the use of rubber-coated bullets against children by Israeli forcesUrgent Action12th January 2018
- Urgent: 16 year old human rights defender, Ahed Tamimi, and her mother Nariman Tamimi, arrested and detained on 19 DecemberUrgent Action20th December 2017
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 August– 31 October 2017News item30th November 2017
- LPHR and MAP send urgent joint letter to the UK government on its engagement with the third Universal Periodic Review of IsraelNews item17th November 2017
- Concerning UK government’s engagement with the third Universal Periodic Review of IsraelUrgent Action
- The impact of the closure of Gaza on child welfarePost15th September 2017
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 May- 31 July 2017News item11th September 2017
- Requesting the UK government respond to the demolition of a school in Jubbet Adh-DibhUrgent Action1st September 2017
- Children’s rights implications of three cases involving Israel’s military courtsPost7th July 2017
- Cases of solitary confinement and ill-treatment of child detaineesPost
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 March- 1 May 2017News item22nd June 2017
- The impact of settlements on childrenPost28th April 2017
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 27 December 2016- 28 February 2017News item25th April 2017
- Children’s rights implications of increased demolition and confiscation of humanitarian aid structuresPost23rd February 2017
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 4 October- 26 December 2016News item16th February 2017
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 5 July- 3 October 2016News item14th November 2016
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 3 May – 4 July 2016News item18th August 2016
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 March– 2 May 2016News item16th June 2016
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 29 December 2015– 29 February 2016News item14th April 2016
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 27 October- 28 December 2015News item17th February 2016
- Concerning Israel’s authorities significantly increased use of administrative detention, including against childrenUrgent Action15th February 2016
- Report on the parliamentary debate on Israel’s military detention system for Palestinian childrenPost7th January 2016
- LPHR publishes its comprehensive parliamentary briefing on Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children living in the occupied Palestinian territoryNews item6th January 2016
- LPHR Statement: Parliamentary debate on child detention on 6 January 2016News item18th December 2015
- The impact on children’s education of Israel’s 2014 military offensive on GazaPost16th November 2015
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 4 August– 26 October 2015News item6th November 2015
- Concerning the killing of 12 Palestinian children by Israeli forces since 5 October 2015Urgent Action28th October 2015
- Infant mortality rate rise in Gaza and the context of illegal closurePost10th September 2015
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 28 May- 3 August 2015News item1st September 2015
- Concerning the fatal shooting of a fleeing Palestinian child by a senior Israeli soldierUrgent Action30th July 2015
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 31 March- 27 May 2015News item1st July 2015
- LPHR’s ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign for children in military custody and the UNICEF updatePost21st March 2015
- UNICEF’s update on the treatment of children in military detentionPost
- Concerning use of a Palestinian child as a human shield by Israel’s military in Gaza during ‘Operation Protective Edge’Urgent Action22nd October 2014
- Concerning the firing of live ammunition during a demonstration killing two Palestinian childrenUrgent Action23rd May 2014
- Concerning the killing of a 14 year old Palestinian boy crossing the Separation Barrier to pick wild fruit plantsUrgent Action17th April 2014
- Mental health, prolonged occupation and human rightsPost7th April 2014
- LPHR and Defence for Children International Palestine launch “Know Your Rights” campaign for Palestinian children to secure their basic rightsNews item23rd December 2013