Re: Use of Regulation 119 of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations 1945 for the Purpose of Demolishing the Homes of Families of Suspected Assailants
Other | Principal Correspondence | 08.07.2014
Re: Use of Regulation 119 of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations 1945 for the Purpose of Demolishing the Homes of Families of Suspected Assailants
HaMoked's urgent letter to the Minister of Defense, the Attorney General and the Military Commander in the West Bank, demanding that the policy of punitive house demolition not be revived. HaMoked stresses that this practice constitutes a grave breach of international law, the laws of occupation and universal morality, and also contradicts the principle of proportionality; further, the applicability of Regulation 119 pursuant to which the military commander has authorized the demolition is questionable, given that it was repealed by the British even before the Mandate ended. HaMoked cautions that this practice amounts to a war crime and puts at legal risk all those involved.
HaMoked's urgent letter to the Minister of Defense, the Attorney General and the Military Commander in the West Bank, demanding that the policy of punitive house demolition not be revived. HaMoked stresses that this practice constitutes a grave breach of international law, the laws of occupation and universal morality, and also contradicts the principle of proportionality; further, the applicability of Regulation 119 pursuant to which the military commander has authorized the demolition is questionable, given that it was repealed by the British even before the Mandate ended. HaMoked cautions that this practice amounts to a war crime and puts at legal risk all those involved.
