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. Seven years on, 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 bi-monthly Child Rights Bulletins highlighting a range of systemic human rights violations against children arising from continued military occupation, and 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. Details of our ongoing focused work on children’s rights can be seen below.
News, Blogs, Events & Urgent Actions
- Child fatalities arising from Gaza’s ongoing electricity crisisBlog5th 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 military authorities in the occupied West BankUrgent 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 JerusalemBlog3rd 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 regimeBlog26th 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 ammunitionBlog23rd 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 responds 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 responds to the fatal shooting of one boy and the shooting of another child 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 HebronBlog4th 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
- 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 recordBlog23rd January 2018
- Requesting the UK Government responds 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 December 2017Urgent 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
- UK Government’s engagement with the third Universal Periodic Review of IsraelUrgent Action17th November 2017
- The impact of the closure of Gaza on child welfareBlog15th September 2017
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 May- 31 July 2017News item11th September 2017
- Requesting the UK Government responds to the demolition of a school in Jubbet Adh-Dibh (occupied Palestinian territory)Urgent Action1st September 2017
- Children’s rights implications of three cases involving Israel’s military courtsBlog7th July 2017
- Cases of solitary confinement and ill-treatment of child detaineesBlog7th July 2017
- LPHR Child Rights Bulletin for the period 1 March- 1 May 2017News item22nd June 2017
- The impact of settlements on childrenBlog28th 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 structuresBlog23rd 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 Israeli 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 childrenBlog7th 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 GazaBlog16th 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 closureBlog10th 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 updateBlog21st March 2015
- UNICEF’s update on the treatment of children in military detentionBlog21st March 2015
- Concerning the use of a Palestinian child as a human shield by the Israeli military in Gaza during ‘Operation Protective Edge’Urgent Action22nd October 2014
- Concerning the firing of live ammunition during a demonstration killing two Palestinian minorsUrgent 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 rightsBlog7th 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
- Concerning the forcible transfer of Palestinian children in violation of the Fourth Geneva ConventionUrgent Action1st June 2012