12.10.2009|Other|Transcript
HCJ 9025/01 ‘Awadallah et al. v. Commander of IDF Forces in the Judea and Samaria Area et al. Transcript
Transcript of hearing held at the HCJ in three petitions filed by HaMoked for the return of the bodies of 4 Palestinians to their families. The court found that due to a possible exchange deal for Gilad Shalit, the time was not right for deliberation and postponed the hearing for six months. Two of the bodies had been held by Israel since 1998, one since 2001 and one since 2003. The petitioners argued that Israel’s demeaning treatment of the bodies and the policy of not returning them to their families are a breach of Israeli law and international humanitarian law and constitute abuse of the families and collective punishment. Document available in Hebrew.
