Reform of Israel's military court system in the occupied West Bank has failed to stop "systematic violation" of Palestinian minors' rights, an Israeli NGO said on Tuesday.
Human rights group B'Tselem said that the 2009 launch of a designated military juvenile court with the stated aim of "improving the protection of minors' rights" had failed to deliver.
It said that introduction of the juvenile court rather resulted in only "technical changes (which) have not improved the protection of minors' rights."
"The reports all point to the same factual findings which demonstrate that minors' rights are regularly and systematically violated."
"This is not an indication of how effective the prosecution is in proving guilt, but rather a result of the fact that the overwhelming majority of the cases are closed in a plea bargain."
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