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and I. Introduction In October 2002, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child met to review Israel's first periodic report on measures taken in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In its concluding observations, the committee expressed concern about the apparent discrimination between Military Order No. 132's definition of a "child" applied to Palestinian residents of the occupied territory and the definition applied to Israeli citizens. Citing Articles 1 (defining a child as anyone under 18 years) and 2 (prohibiting discrimination) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the committee recommended that Israel rescind its military order. The definition of a "child" is just one example of discrimination inherent in the separate legal systems Israel applies to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. During the proceedings (and in its reporting), however, Israel refused to comment on its practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, despite the committee's explicit requests that it do so. Instead, and in keeping with past policy, the government of Israel argued that the Convention on the Rights of the Child does not apply to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The committee affirmed its opinion that the treaty does indeed apply,
The Palestine Yearbook of International Law Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2004
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