Israel grilled by international experts for child abuse
Israel grilled by international experts for child abuse
SABA
GENEVA, Jan 21, 2010 (Saba) — Israel was grilled on Thursday during a meeting of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) over its report on the implementation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on Thursday.
In a statement to journalists, Minister of State for Family and Population Affairs Moushira Khattab said that Israel was grilled during its discussion of its report on the implementation of the convention Experts of the committee condemned Israel for prohibiting free passage for children due to the building of the separation wall and called upon Israel to remove all limitations on Palestinian children, said Khattab who spoke in her capacity as an independent expert and not as a government official of Egypt.
The Committee experts, she said, expressed their deep concern about the fact that Israel has not yet implemented the committee recommendations since submission of report in 2002. They were also deeply worried about the excessive use of force by Israel which is disproportionate to the threats that it receives.
They also condemned destruction by Israel of schools and killing innocent children as well as destroying the infrastructure of the Palestinian people, she said, adding that the committee rejected Israel’s interpretations that the Convention is only applicable in Israel proper, because as an occupying power it holds under international law the responsibility for the occupied civilian population.
The experts, she said, reverted to the Gaza report by the UN Human Rights Councils Fact Finding Mission and said that the report registered grave breaches of Israel of international law in the inability to distinguish between military and civilian targets which are contrary to the basic tenets of the rights of the child.
The committee on the rights of the child is meeting in Geneva from 11 to 29 January.
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