Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Glossary

Part I: Framework and Context

1 Introduction

Child Prisoners: a Map through the System

Child Detention: Context and Logic

2 The Political Context

Phases of Control

History Foretold

Setting the Scene - Seven Years of 'Remote' Control

The September 2000 Intifada

3 Israel's System of Control

Military Orders

The Military Court System

Court Sentencing

Information Gathering, Collaborators and Informants

4 International Law and Child Detention

The Legal Instruments

Definitions of Torture

Part II: Arrest through Incarceration

5 Arrest and Transfer

How Israel Arrests Children

Transfer to Detention and Interrogation Facilities

6 Interrogation and Detention

Detention Centres

Interrogation and Detention Testimonies

Access to Legal Assistance

The Systematic Violation of Children's Rights

7 Imprisonment

Trends in Sentencing

Setting the Scene: The Prisons

Conditions of Detention

Family and Lawyer Visits

Collective Action in Prisons

A History of Abuse: The First Intifada and the Oslo Years

Part III: Analysis and Conclusions

8 State Violence and Discrimination

International Law and Institutionalised Discrimination

A System of State- Sanctioned Violence

9 Psychological and Social Impacts of Prison and Torture

Trauma and Torture

Children Facing Extreme Violence and Conflict

Coping Strategies

Returning to Society

10 Myths and Politics - The Foundation of Israel's Impunity

Applicability of International Law in the OPT

The Security Discourse

Problems in the Human Rights Framework

11 Conclusion

Israel's Human Rights Record

Moving Past Rhetoric Towards Enforcement

Resisting Occupation

Notes

Index