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Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised this issue with the Israeli Ministry
of Justice (MoJ) when they met on 3 November and were informed that a small number
of children under 12 had been detained. The Israeli MoJ stated that once their age
was established, the minors were released. They also told officials that if identification
was not available, parents of the individuals were contacted via the Palestinian District
Coordination Office. Since the publication of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office-funded
independent report on Children in Military Custody in June 2012, there has been some
progress on the issue of children held in military detention in Israel. This includes
a pilot to use summons instead of night-time arrests, changes to standard operating
procedures on methods of restraint, and steps to reduce the amount of time a child
can be detained before seeing a judge. While we welcome improvements, we continue
to push for the full implementation of changes and to encourage further changes in
practice.
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