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Palestine: Blind Imam Detained Without Charges for Over a Year Sees His Administrative Detention Renewed for 4 Months

PAL/ISR - News | 21 September 2015

On 18 September 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas Aguilar, regarding the case of Ali Mustafa Ahmad Hanoon, a blind Palestinian Imam held in administrative detention since his arrest in May 2014.

Palestine: URGENT APPEAL – 14-Year-Old Amer Bajawi Sentenced to Four Months in Prison by Military Court for "Throwing Stones"

PAL/ISR - News | 04 August 2015

On 3 August 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of Amer Bajawi, a Palestinian teenager arrested on 23 May 2015 and sentenced to four months of imprisonment by a military court for "throwing stones." The case of Amer fits into a broader pattern of judicial harassment of Palestinian youths, who are systematically arrested without any legal basis and brought before the military justice system, in violation of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)'s jurisprudence according to which juveniles should be tried before separate courts.

Palestine: Minor Detained for Over 2 Years Pending Trial for “Throwing Stones”

PAL/ISR - News | 23 July 2015

On 7 July 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of Mohammed Mahdi Saleh Suleiman, a Palestinian teenager arrested on 15 March 2013 for "throwing stones" and arbitrarily detained pending trial to this day. Mohamed is one of the five Palestinian boys from Hares – the 'Hares Boys' case – accused of "attempted murder" by way of throwing stones who have been detained pending trial since their arrest over two years ago.

Palestine: Palestinian Imam Held without Charges for 7th time in 20 Years

PAL/ISR - News | 02 July 2015

On 19 June 2015, Alkarama submitted a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of Ali Mustafa Ahmad Hanoon, a blind Palestinian Imam and father unlawfully detained since his arrest in the West Bank by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) a month earlier.

Palestine: UN Gaza Commission of Inquiry Points to Violations of the Laws of War

PAL/ISR - News | 29 June 2015

On 29 June 2015, the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict (CoI on Gaza) presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) the conclusions of its inquiry into violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights Law (HRL) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in the context of the Operation "Protective Edge." Concluding that the information gathered was "pointing to serious violations" by both parties which "may amount to war crimes," the Commission called upon all duty bearers to implement all the recommendations previously made by various UN bodies, noting that their persistent lack of implementation "lies at the heart of the systematic recurrence of violations in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories."

Kuwait - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 21.05.1996
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Due 02.11.2014 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 22.12.2011

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 08.03.1996
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

Next State report: Due on 03.06.2015 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 28.06.2011

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2010 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2015 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No