This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.
Considering that all members of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe subscribe to the same values and the practices
deriving thereof:
Considering that the Palestinian National Council and the
Israeli Knesset are partners in the Assembly;
Concerned that the detention of individuals without recourse
to due process on the arbitrary basis of “security considerations”
is a practice not in keeping with the values of membership and partnership
in the Council of Europe;
Concerned that a partner of the Assembly can detain members
of the parliament of another partner;
Given that the use of administrative detention, otherwise
known as internment, is strictly regulated by International Humanitarian
Law,
The Assembly should investigate the practice of administrative
detention in general and how it is applied by Israel to Palestinians.
