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Israel subjecting Palestinian children to 'spiral of injustice'

Foreign Office-backed delegation of UK lawyers says treatment may stem from belief every Palestinian child is potential terroristA belief that every Palestinian child is a potential terrorist may be leading to a "spiral of injustice" and breaches of international law in Israel's treatment of child detainees in military custody, a delegation of eminent British lawyers has concluded in an independent report backed by the Foreign Office.The nine-strong delegation, led by the former high court judge Sir Stephen Sedley and including the UK's former attorney-general Lady Scotland, found that "undisputed facts"...

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Published By: The Guardian - Tuesday, 26 June, 2012