Join the Campaign to support Canada, Stand up for Palestinian Children's Rights.
ACT NOW – PROTECT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN’S RIGHTSWe are inviting you to be part of our campaign to support Palestinian children living under the Israeli military occupation. Signing up through this link http://eepurl.com/htSZpb will enable you to receive information about the campaign and how you can participate.
On July 6, 2020, Parliamentary Petition e-2667 was presented to Parliament. It called on the Government of Canada “to ensure the human rights of Palestinian children are protected by instructing a Special Envoy to promote, monitor and report on the human rights situation of Palestinian children living in the occupied Palestinian Territory and Gaza”. We are continuing the Canada, Stand Up for Palestinian Children’s Rights Campaign because we strongly believe that the Government’s response does not relate in a direct, knowledgeable, concerned way to what we know to be documented: daily, extreme abuses of the Palestinian children’s human rights. Neither was the remedy the petition proposed of a Special Envoy adequately addressed. Signing up for the campaign means you will receive an advocacy email once a month inviting you to take action on behalf of these children’s human rights. Initially the invitation will be to write a letter, based on suggested information/samples we will provide. The letter is to be sent to Hon. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs (melanie.joly@international.gc.ca) and your own member of parliament. Our monthly e-mail will also include resource information so that you can learn more about the treatment children receive. As the campaign evolves we will provide suggestions as to other actions in which you may choose to take part. Thank you, on behalf of a broad based cross-Canada coalition working on behalf of Palestinian children’s human rights. P.S. The Government’s response to Petition e-2667 was tabled in the House of Commons on January 25, 2021. You can see it together with the full Petition e-2667 on the House of Commons website at https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition |
Campaign Letters/Emails/ResourcesClick above to see the letters that have been shared for writing to parliamentarians.
ResourcesHaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual
is an Israeli human rights organization with the main aim of assisting Palestinians of the occupied territories whose rights are violated due to Israel's policies. Defence for Children International-Palestine
DCIP promotes and protects the human rights of Palestinian children. We defend children’s rights by offering free legal aid, documenting violations of international law, and advocating for greater protections. Military Court Watch
MCW’s work is guided by the basic principle that children detained by the Israeli military authorities are entitled to all the rights and protections guaranteed under international law. Further, and in accordance with the principle that no State is permitted to discriminate between those over whom it exercises penal jurisdiction, there is no legal justification for treating Palestinian and Israeli children differently under Israel’s military and civilian legal systems. In accordance with these principles, MCW advocates, and where appropriate, litigates, to ensure that all children that come in contact with the military legal system are treated with equality and in accordance with the law. |