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The Supreme Court of Israel: Anonymous V. the State of Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Scott Lyons
Scott Lyons*
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American Society of International Law; War Crimes Research Office
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International Legal Materials , Volume 47 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 766 - 800
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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References

Endnotes

1 CA 6659/06, Anonymous v. The State of Israel (2008), available at http://elyonl.court.gov.il/files_eng/06/590/066/n04/06066590.n04.pdf.

2 Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law (2002), available at http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/IncarcerationLaw.pdf.

3 See The Inter-Am. C.H.R., Report on Terrorism and Human Rights, OEA/Ser.L/V/II. 116, Doc. 5 rev. 1. corr., (2002), para.68 (discussing the combatants’ privilege).

4 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, art. 4., Aug. 12, 1949, 6 U.S.T. 3316, 75 U.N.T.S. 135.

5 Id. art. 118.

6 Id. art. 4(6).

7 Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-366, 120Stat. 2600.

8 Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law, § 2 (” ‘Unlawful combatant’ means a person who has participated either directly or indirectly in hostile acts against the State of Israel or is a member of a force perpetrating hostile acts against the State of Israel, where the conditions prescribed in Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention of 12th August 1949 with respect to prisoners-of-war and granting prisoner of war status in international humanitarian law, do not apply to him“).

9 H.C. 5100/94, Public Committee against Torture in Israel v. Government of Israel, [2003] P.D. 53(4) 817. See also Anonymous v. State of Israel, supra note 1, paras. 12-14.

10 See id, paras. 15-21.

11 Id. para. 21.

12 Following Israel's September 12, 2005 disengagement from Gaza, Israel declared that it no longer had control and responsibility for the Gaza Strip and no longer had legal obligations vis a vis Gaza residents because the Palestinian Authority was solely responsible. However, Israel's effective control and legal obligations after the removal of land troops from the territory is still disputed. See Yuval Shany, Faraway, So Close: The Legal Status of Gaza After Israel's Disengagement, reprinted in 8 Y.B. of Int'lHumanitarian L. No. 12-06 (2006).

13 Basic Law, Human Dignity and Liberty, 1992, § 5 (“There shall be no deprivation or restriction of the liberty of a person by imprisonment, arrest, extradition or otherwise“), available at http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1992/3/Basic%20Law-%20Human%20Dignity%20an-d%20Liberty.

14 See Anonymous v. State of Israel, supra note 1, para. 27.

15 See id. paras. 28-38.

16 128 S.Ct. 2229 (June 12, 2008).

17 Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, art. 43, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 U.S.T.3516, 75 U.N.T.S. 287 (requiring review at least twice yearly of the case with a favorable preference for release).

18 See Anonymous v. State of Israel, supra note 1, para. 46 (citing A v. IDF Commander).

19 See id. para. 43.

20 See id. para. 44.

21 542 U.S. 507 (2004).

22 See Anonymous v. State of Israel, supra note 1, paras. 24- 25.

23 See Al-Marri v. Pucciarelli, 534 F.3d 213; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 14979 (4th Cir. 2008).