Legal definition of a child in Israel

Source:
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
Israel's Human Rights Behaviour July 2004-July 2005

"According to the Military Order 1500 put in place during the British Mandate period in Palestine, children in the OPT [Occupied Palestinian Territories] aged 12 and older can be tried in military courts, and a child over the age of 16 is considered an adult.

Article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child stipulates that “a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years.” It must be noted that Israel keeps to the internationally recognised definition of a child among its own citizens but applies a different standard to Palestinian minors in the OPT. "

Joe McGonagle