Israeli Violations

Against Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees

In Prisons of the Israeli Occupation

Office of the Martyrs, Wounded and Detainees

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 Preface Index
Israeli violations escalated after October ,7
2023, in an unprecedented manner, bringing Enforced Disappearance 4
the number of prisoners and detainees to
approximately 9,500 Palestinian detainees,
Torture 5
who are subjected to a hell of starvation,
humiliation, torture, and the breaking
of many of their limbs, and also to the Law on Executin
martyrdom of dozens of them as a result Palestinian Prisoners 6
of torture in camps and interrogation
centers or as a result of deliberate medical
negligence. Intentional Medical Negligence 7
The violations committed by the occupation
against prisoners include: oppression,
beatings, physical and psychological The Policy of Starving Prisoners 8
torture, starvation, strip searches, inhuman
and degrading treatment, detention without
Arresting Children 9
trial under the administrative detention and
the so-called illegal combatant law against
prisoners of the Gaza Strip, and preventing Arresting Female prisoners 10
visits by lawyers, legal teams, the Red Cross
and families, as well as access to health and
medical care is restricted, and also solitary Policy of Isolation 11
confinement that extends for years. These
Withholding the Bodies of
torture methods are considered a violation
of the Geneva Conventions and many other Prisoners 12
international treaties that guarantee the
rights of prisoners and detainees.
This booklet presents brief explanations Administrative Detention 13
of the many violations that prisoners face,
supported by a number of legal provisions
that confirm that these violations violate Depriving of Visit Rights 14
international and UN laws.
In this booklet, we were keen to draw
your attention to a small part of what our Demolishing Homes of
Prisoners’ Families 15
prisoners and detainees are suffering from
in prisons of the Israeli occupation, waiting
for a flood that will liberate the prisoners Field Executions of Detainees 16
and bring a new dawn again in their life
after years of torment and renew longing
for a long-awaited freedom and bring Depriving of Education 17
victory for the truth upheld by our detainees
and prisoners even their sufferings and
torments. Overcrowding of Prisons
And they ask you when will that be? Say with Palestinian Prisoners 18
perhaps that time has drawn near.
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 Forced disappearance of
prisoners Especially the
prisoners from the Gaza Strip

Prisoners are arbitrarily arrested without disclosing their place of detention, their
conditions, or any information about them. The number of forcibly disappeared Palestinian
prisoners whose presence the occupying state acknowledged in its camps and prisons
reached 849 detainees, while Al Mezan Center for Human Rights revealed that more
than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners were in a enforced disappearance. And there are data
that confirm that the number is much greater than that, as none of the human rights and
international centers know about their whereabouts and are not allowed to visit them, and
they are treated under an innovative Israeli law under the name “unlawful combatant.”

Violation of international law:

- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
(ICPPED): This Convention states that enforced disappearance is a violation of international
laws and must be prevented in all circumstances. The Convention emphasizes that
every victim has the right to know the truth about the circumstances surrounding the
disappearance.

- Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): states that
no one shall be detained arbitrarily, and that every detained person has the right to know
the reason for his or her detention and to be tried fairly. Enforced disappearance directly
violates this right.

- The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (UNCAT): Enforced disappearance can be classified as a form of torture due
to the extreme pain and suffering it causes to victims and their families.

- Geneva Conventions: In the context of armed conflict, the Geneva Conventions prohibit
the forced disappearance of the protected persons, and that warring parties provide
information about detainees to other parties and to humanitarian organizations such as
the Red Cross.

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 Torture

The occupation authorities began practice of torture against Palestinian detainees

since their occupation of Palestine, and used several methods to torture detainees
psychologically and physically, such as violent shaking, ghosting on a small chair, placing
a bag on the head, loud music, putting in a locker, and pulling out nails, and the situation
reached the point of cutting off the limbs of a number of prisoners. Because of the
handcuffs with which prisoners are shackled for long hours and days, and other horrific
methods adopted by occupation investigators to extract confessions from Palestinian
detainees. There have been (254) martyrs in prison cells since 1967 as a result of the
torture they were subjected to during the period of investigation or deliberate medical
negligence. and since 7 October 2023 until today the number of martyred prisoners has
reached 18 martyrs, according to the official occupation statistics, while the numbers
and data received from Hebrew and other human rights sources added dozens of
martyred prisoners as a result of torture in the occupation camps. And the human rights
organizations were unable to verify their names because of enforced disappearance
practiced by the occupation forces against prisoners and detainees.

Violation of international law:

- Convention against Torture (UNCAT): Adopted in 1984, this convention states that under
no circumstances a person should be subjected to torture, and it is strictly prohibited
regardless of the security situation or any political emergency. States Parties are
obligated to prevent torture in any areas under their jurisdiction.

- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): The Covenant prohibits the
use of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. The Article 7 of the Covenant
states that “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment.”

- Geneva Conventions: Especially the Fourth Convention relating to the Protection of

Civilian Persons in Time of War, that states that the persons who fall into the hands of a
hostile party shall be protected. Torture is a violation of this protection.

- Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Declaration affirms the prohibition of torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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 Law on Execution of
Palestinian Prisoners

The draft law on the execution of Palestinian prisoners, that was discussed or proposed in
the so-called Israeli Knesset, raises great concern in terms of its violation of international
laws and standards, as this most extreme law was proposed in 2015. Then it was re-
introduced in December 2017 and received the approval of the government coalition and
was ratified by the Knesset. In preliminary reading on January 2018 ,3, the law includes
obtaining the approval of two military judges, and unanimity is not required to make the
decision to execute Palestinian prisoners convicted of killing Israelis. It is to note that the
occupation has practiced actual and field executions outside the scope of the law, as
it executed about 250 Palestinian citizens since October 2015, and also carried out the
largest campaign of field executions against citizens in the Gaza Strip during the ground
invasion of the Strip after October 2023 ,7.

Violation of international law:

- Geneva Conventions: The First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions provides
protection to the prisoners from execution without a fair and just trial that provides all
internationally recognized judicial guarantees. Imposing the death penalty on prisoners
based on charges related to the armed conflict may constitute a violation of these
conventions.

- Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): states that
the death penalty should only be applied for the most serious crimes and in accordance
with the law that was in force at the time the crime was committed, and can only be applied
after a trial that provides all necessary guarantees for the defense.

- International humanitarian law: It prohibits the use of death penalty arbitrarily or as a

tool of revenge against individuals arrested in the context of an armed conflict.

- International human rights conventions: Most international conventions call for limiting
the use of death penalty, and some, such as the Second Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which aims to abolish the death penalty, encourage
states to abandon this practice.

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 Intentional Medial
Negligence

Prisoners inside prisons are subjected to fatal medical negligence, and its frequency
has increased greatly after October 2023 ,7, as the occupation prison administration
stopped giving prisoners any medications or treatments. And no medical examinations
are conducted for the prisoners, and they are not transferred to hospitals or even to the
prison clinic. Prisoners who suffer from fractures or wounds as a result of continuous
repression and torture are not splinted or bandaged. And Fungi and scabies spread
among many of them, and skin and chronic diseases eat away at their bodies.
A draft law was proposed not to fund treatment for the wounded and prisoners, to continue
and escalate the revenge against sick Palestinian prisoners under the pretext of resisting
the occupation, so that the expenses of treating wounded and sick prisoners are covered
at the expense of the families of the injured prisoners or deducted from the funds of the
Palestinian National Authority, which according to the occupation’s claim is estimated
at 40 million shekels annually, and the number of sick prisoners reached 700 detainees,
including 24 suffering from cancer.

Violation of international law:

- Geneva Conventions: The Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions state that prisoners
of war and protected persons must receive necessary medical care equivalent to that
provided to the armed forces of the detaining state. These conventions expressly prohibit
neglect of the health of prisoners.

- Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: states that every person has
the right to an adequate standard of living to ensure health and well-being, including food,
clothing, housing and medical care.

- Article 10 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR): emphasizes the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental
health, and affirms that detained persons deserve humane treatment and respect for their
intrinsic dignity.

- The United Nations Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners: They state that
prisoners should enjoy the same standards of health care as those available to society in
general, and that medical care should be available without discrimination.
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 The policy of starving
prisoners

The occupation has adopted a policy of starving prisoners and depriving them of water
and food inside prisons, as this is happening in the Gaza Strip, where the testimonies
of prisoners liberated from the occupation prisons have been documented, as well as
what was issued by the occupation shows. And according to some video reports, the
occupation is practicing a systematic policy of starvation and thirst against all prisoners,
in addition to Depriving them of their most basic human rights. A comparison of pictures
of the prisoners before and after arrest shows the extent of the crime of starvation
practiced against the prisoners.

Violation of international law:

- The Geneva Conventions: Especially the Fourth Convention prohibits torture and cruel
and degrading treatment of prisoners. The Article 76 of the Fourth Convention stresses
that prisoners of war must be kept in sanitary conditions and must receive adequate food
to ensure that they remain in good health.

- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): stipulates that no one
will be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Starvation is a form of cruel punishment and torture.

- Convention against Torture: prohibits all forms of torture and cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment. Starvation as a method of torture directly violates this Convention.

- UN Standard Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules): Provides that
prisoners shall be adequately nourished and shall receive food of sufficient nutritional
value for human health and strength, taking into account dietary and religious customs.

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 Arresting Children

The Israeli occupation is still detaining more than 200 Palestinian children in its prisons.
After the 7th of last October, they face retaliatory measures imposed by the occupation
on various categories of prisoners in all prisons. In a new step in its policy of targeting
children, the occupying state amended its laws regarding the detention of Palestinian
children, investigating them, trying them, and putting them in cells. And it allowed the
legislator in its courts to impose sentences of arrest in pending investigations and
imposing actual imprisonment on Palestinian minors from the age of 12, and punish them
with actual imprisonment while expanding the charges against them, such as including
any crimes related to what the occupation calls “terrorism” and interprets it in its way,
such as throwing stones, participation in demonstrations, etc.

Violation of international law:

- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): The Convention states that the detention of
a child should be the last option and for the shortest possible period. It prioritizes the best
interests of the child and guarantees their rights to education, protection from violence
and access to fair justice. Arresting children and subjecting them to military trials violate
these rights.

- Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: stated that “No child shall be
subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Children shall not be deprived of their liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily.”

- United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Beijing
Rules): These Rules provide guidance on how children are treated in the justice system.
They emphasize the need to provide treatment that takes into account the child›s age and
development status and preserves their dignity and value as persons.

- International humanitarian law: In the context of conflicts, children must always be

treated as victims and given protection and care. Children should be protected from the
negative consequences of war and their future secured.

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 Arresting
Women Prisoners

Monitoring and documentation studies indicate that the occupation authorities have
arrested more than (16) thousand Palestinian women since 1967, and since the signing of
the Oslo Accords (2,500) Palestinian girls and women have been arrested. Among them
were (4) female prisoners, each of whom gave birth inside the prison under harsh and
difficult conditions.
The occupation is still detaining 90 women and boys in its prisons, some of whom are
subjected to unjust administrative detention, that is, without any charge.
Since the seventh of October last year, the Zionist occupation forces have carried out
a systematic Nazi revenge campaign against male and female prisoners in prisons
in a systematic manner to break them morally and physically, by humiliating them and
degrading their dignity in the most horrific ways in order to destroy their souls, and also
starving and torturing them around the clock and removing the veil from female prisoners
and strip-searching them according to the fixed and systematic policies.. The occupation
authorities have used these methods against male and female prisoners over many
decades, but the only change is the unprecedented escalation and intensity of these
policies after October 2023 ,7.

Violation of international law:

International humanitarian law grants women general protection in times of conflicts,

as they are civilians, and among those who have special protection, as the law takes into
account the fact that women in particular may be vulnerable to certain types of violence.
This need for special protection focuses on the needs of women as mothers, and the need
to protect them from sexual violence in particular.

At other times, including during internal unrest and tensions, women›s rights are protected
under international law through numerous treaties, beginning with the Human Rights
Conventions, which seek to ensure equal rights for women by prohibiting all forms of
discrimination, including those based on sex, and by establishing mechanisms to monitor
and condemn such actions. The agreement that specifically aimed to defend women›s
rights is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
in 1979, which was signed by 189 countries as of June 2015.

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 Policy if Isolation

Isolation represents one of the harshest types of punishment practiced by the Israeli
occupation prison administration against Palestinian detainees. Where the detainee is
held for long periods alone, in a dark, narrow, and dirty cell, the walls of which constantly
emit dampness and mold; it contains an old bathroom, from which rats and rodents come
out. This causes serious health and psychological complications for the detainee.
Over time, this policy increased and became an organized approach approved by the
legislative authority in the occupying state. The executive authority applies it and sets its
own procedures and laws.
The occupying state is the only state in the world that legislates, by law, its violations of
the human rights of prisoners. The Israeli Prison Service Law of 1971 stipulates allowing
the isolation of a prisoner under security pretexts. It has drawn up a law to legislate the
isolation of Palestinian prisoners, called the “Shalit Law,” which stipulates the tightening
of penalties and procedures against detainees, including not specifying the period of
solitary confinement for a prisoner and keeping it open.

Violation of international law:

This violates the following international laws:

- Article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): stipulates
that “all persons deprived of their liberty shall enjoy humane treatment and respect for
their essential dignity as human beings.” Solitary confinement, if used excessively, can be
considered cruel and inhuman treatment.

- Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment:

This convention indicates the necessity of preventing torture and any cruel or inhuman
treatment. Prolonged solitary confinement may amount to cruel treatment according to
interpretations by some international bodies.

- UN Standard Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules): These rules define
the acceptable use of solitary confinement and suggest that it should be used only in
exceptional cases, for the shortest possible period, and with the least possible frequency.

- Stockholm Guidelines on Reducing Solitary Confinement: These guidelines emphasize

the need to restrict the use of solitary confinement, noting the physical and psychological
harm it can cause.
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 With Holidng the Bodies
of Prisoners

Israeli occupation forces continue to detain the bodies of 26 Palestinian prisoners,

including prisoners who were martyred after the 7th of last October, including two
workers from Gaza. It is estimated that there are dozens of bodies that have not yet been
announced. The occupation authorities’ policy of detaining bodies is an embodiment of
a systematic policy of collective punishment as a means to punish the families of the
martyrs, and to deter any future attempt to carry out any act of resistance. The oldest of
these prisoner is a martyr whose body has been held since 1980.

Violation of international law:

- Geneva Conventions: Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions stipulates that

bodies must be respected. The dead must be buried with dignity according to established
rituals, and the locations of the graves must be recorded. Detaining the bodies of
prisoners violates this obligation.

- Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Declaration guarantees the right to human
dignity, which extends to the right to a dignified burial. Detaining bodies is a violation of
this dignity.

- United Nations Guidelines on the Prevention of Enforced Disappearances: These

guidelines include the right of families to know the fate and whereabouts of their relatives.
Withholding bodies and not providing information about their whereabouts could be
considered a form of enforced disappearance.

- Convention on Human Rights and the Environment (the right to a healthy environment):
From an environmental and health perspective, states must ensure that bodies are
buried in a way that respects the environment and public health, and detaining bodies
contradicts this principle.

- Islamic and other international humanitarian laws: Many cultures and religions, including
Islam, respect the right to speedy burial of the dead, and consider delaying burial without
a legitimate reason to be a violation of their teachings.

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 Administrative Detention

The number of administrative detainees as of April 2024 ,17 reached approximately 3,661
detainees, who are held in harsh detention conditions, including (11) female prisoners in
administrative detention, and at least (41) children, and (24) journalists, while the number
of cases of administrative detention after October 7 reached 4852 arrests.

Administrative detention is a procedure used by the Israeli occupation forces to detain

Palestinian civilians without a specific charge and without a trial based on a secret file
that the detainee or his lawyer does not see, for a period of up to six months, renewable
and possibly up to a few years.

The procedure deprives the detainee and his lawyer of knowing the reasons for the
arrest, which prevents him of an effective defense, and this often leads to renewal of the
administrative detention order against the detainee for successive times.

Violation of international law:

Administrative detention carried out by the occupying state violates Article 9 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which states that “no one
shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention,” and that “everyone who is arrested
shall have the right to a trial within a reasonable time or to be released. The Administrative
detention ignores these guarantees by depriving detainees of knowing the charges
against them and depriving them of a fair trial. It also contravenes Article 14 of the ICCPR,
Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the United Nations Basic
Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners.

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 Depriving of Visit Rights

Deprivation of visiting family and international institutions

The so-called member of the Knesset, Oren Hazan, presented a draft law to prevent family
visits to prisoners, especially those who belong to organizations that detain soldiers or
Israelis. The law excluded visits from lawyers and representatives of the International Red
Cross. However, since October 2023 ,7, more than 9,000 Palestinian detainees have been
deprived and isolated from visiting family or even visiting lawyers and the International
Red Cross, in clear violation of human rights.

Violation of international law:

- Fourth Geneva Conventions (Article 76): stipulates that prisoners must be held in places
where their families can visit them, and that they must be granted the right to legal
representation and contact with the outside world. It also urges the necessary support
and assistance from the Red Cross.

- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): guarantees the right
to a fair trial and the right for a detainee to have access to a lawyer. Article 14 refers to
the right of the accused to defend himself through a lawyer chosen or appointed by law.

- Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons Subject to Any Form of Arrest or
Imprisonment: These principles emphasize the right of detained persons to communicate
with the outside world, especially with family and lawyers, which is an important right to
ensure the fair conduct of the legal process.

- Convention against Torture (CAT): Emphasizes the need to protect detainees from torture
and cruel or inhuman treatment, and stipulates the importance of providing access to
independent monitoring such as Red Cross visits to verify conditions of detention.

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 Demolishing homes of
prisoners’ families

The demolition of the homes of Palestinian prisoners as punishment for their families
by the Israeli occupation forces is considered a violation of international laws, as this
represents a form of collective punishment, considering that it does not only affect the
prisoner, but also his family. What the occupation authorities are doing is illegal in terms
of declaring the lands on which the demolished buildings were standing are declared
confiscated lands, and this prohibits rebuilding the homes.

Violation of international law:

- Prohibition of collective punishments: The Geneva Conventions, especially the Fourth
Convention, explicitly prohibits collective punishments against civilians. The article 33 of
the Fourth Convention states that “no criminal penalty may be imposed on a person for
an act that he did not personally commit.” Demolition of homes punishes individuals who
have not necessarily committed any crime and is thus considered collective punishment.

- Human rights and human dignity: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantee the right to housing and
protection from arbitrary interference in the home. Demolition of homes as punishment
violates these rights and conflicts with the right to private and family life.

- The right to shelter and adequate livelihood: The International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights affirms the right to adequate livelihood. Forced home
demolitions disrupt individuals› ability to meet their basic needs and destroy their living
environment.

- Psychological and social effects: Home demolitions have serious psychological effects
on individuals and communities, and can contribute to a spiral of resentment and violence.
Punishments that result in widespread civilian suffering are considered disproportionate
and unjust.

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 Field executions of
Detainees

The Israeli occupation forces carried out field executions of many Palestinian detainees
after October 7, explicitly and clearly, as they detained them for investigation, tortured
them and executed them on the ground with bullets, as happened with the detainees of
Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, where mass graves were found. Signs of torture were found on
some of these bodies and some of them were handcuffed with plastic wires.
Jamil Sarhan, Deputy Director General of the Independent Commission for Human Rights
in the Gaza Strip, spoke about testimonies documented by official and human rights
bodies in the Strip, clarifying that many of the bodies discovered in mass graves were of
people who had been stripped and whose hands were tied behind them; Some of them
had their heads cut off, some of their bodies were skinless, and others were mutilated and
decomposing corpses.”

Violation of international law:

- The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949: prohibits the intentional killing of civilians and
prisoners, and specifies the rights of prisoners and the duties of the state party in dealing
with them.

- The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment: It prohibits the use of torture and cruel and inhuman treatment in all its
forms, and prohibits the use of any confession obtained through torture.

- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: guarantees the human right to
life and prohibits execution except in certain cases specified by law.

- The principle of not being subjected to execution except by a final judicial decision
after a fair trial: This principle is considered part of customary international law that is
considered binding on states.

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 Depriving of Education

The draft law depriving prisoners of education was presented by Knesset member
Robert Elthoff from the Yisrael Our Home party, and stipulates that the Palestinian
security prisoner does not have the right to study in a higher education institution. The
draft law calls for amending prison regulations to prevent prisoners from being given the
opportunity to receive education.
General secondary school and enrollment in the Open University were also banned in the
occupying state on June 2001 ,23. The entry of textbooks and educational books at all
levels was also prohibited. The provision of classrooms and halls was refused. The entry
of methodological books, magazines, research and scientific studies was prohibited, and
study tools, stationery and blackboards were prohibited. Meanwhile, the Hadarim prison
administration stormed the prisoners’ sections and rooms and confiscated 1,800 books,
all of which were scientific and general culture books, unrelated to political or military
aspects, which are considered absolutely forbidden by the occupation and cannot be
brought into prisons.

Violation of international law:

- UN Standard Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules): These rules
stress that prisons must provide educational opportunities for all prisoners and that the
aim of punishments must be to rehabilitate prisoners and prepare them for successful
reintegration into society. According to these rules, educational opportunities should
include both basic education and vocational education.

- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR): This

Covenant guarantees the right to education for all individuals and urges States Parties to
respect this right without discrimination. This right must be equally available to persons
in detention.

- Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: states that every person has the
right to education, and education should be available and equal to all. Therefore, this right
must extend to detained individuals.

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 Overcrowding of Prisons
with Prisoners

In light of the overcrowding of the Israeli occupation prisons, as a result of arrest

operations in the West Bank and Gaza, after October 2023 ,7, a report issued by the
Israeli Prison Service stated that it is working to provide hundreds of places to detain
Palestinians, and has not ruled out building camps. It is expected that it will add 888 places
for imprisonment in 7 prisons during the coming months, at the expense of public places
in these prisons, such as canteens and dining rooms, and that about %91 of Palestinian
detainees “are being held today in conditions that do not meet the order of the Supreme
Court (the highest judicial authority in the occupying state) regarding providing minimum
living space, as well as sleeping on a bed and mattress.
The Israeli Minister of National Security of the occupying state, Itamar Ben Gvir,
commented on prison overcrowding, saying: “The death penalty for terrorists is the
correct solution to the problem of prison overcrowding. Until then, I am happy that the
government approved my proposal to build a place that can accommodate a thousand
new Palestinian detainees.”

Violation of international law:

- The human right to a decent living: International law guarantees the right to a decent
living, and severe overcrowding in prisons can lead to undignified living conditions that
are considered a violation of this right.

- The right to health: Severe overcrowding increases the spread of diseases and makes it
difficult to provide adequate health care to prisoners, which violates the laws that protect
the right to health.

- Humane Treatment Standards: Humane Treatment Standards specify the maximum

number of prisoners in cells and provide guidance on the safe sanitary and hygienic
conditions that must be provided.

- Prevention of torture and cruel or inhuman treatment: Severe overcrowding can increase
the chances of torture or cruel or inhuman treatment occurring, which is in complete
violation of the laws prohibiting these practices.

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