Letters For Palestine

4th Geneva Convention
Relevant Articles
  • Article 16 (in regards to the protection of Pregnant women)
    • "The wounded and sick, as well as the infirm, and expectant mothers, shall be the object of particular protection and respect."
  • Article 33 (in regards to the demolition of Palestinain Houses)
    • "No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. Pillage is prohibited. Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited."
  • Article 49 (in regard to transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel)
    • "Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive."
  • Article 55 (in regard to ensuring Food and Medical supplies are available)
    • To the fullest extent of the means available to it, the Occupying Power has the duty of ensuring the food and medical supplies of the population; it should, in particular, bring in the necessary foodstuffs, medical stores and other articles if the resources of the occupied territory are inadequate.


Convention on the Rights of the Child
Relevant Article
  • Article 37 (in regards to arrest)
  • States Parties shall ensure that:
    • (a) No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age;
    • (b) No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;
    • (c) Every child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. In particular, every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in the child's best interest not to do so and shall have the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances;
    • (d) Every child deprived of his or her liberty shall have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority, and to a prompt decision on any such action.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Relevant Articles
  • Article 5
    • "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
  • ​Article 9
    • "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."
  • ​Article 10
    • "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him."
  • ​Article 11 (1)
    • "Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence."
  • ​Article 28
    • "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized."