Palestinian Detainees and International Solidarity Committee
Strategic Objective:
To protect Palestinian detainees and safeguard their rights, in addition to providing support and protection for international activists with Palestine.
Subsidiary Objectives:
Intensifying Alliance Efforts to Achieve:
a. Internationalization of the Issue of Palestinian Detainees:
To internationalize the issue of Palestinian detainees and highlight it as a national cause and a struggle against occupation.
b. Protection of Activists for Palestine:
Providing protection for anyone detained worldwide due to their solidarity with Palestine or their Palestinian identity.
Required Actions:
Formation of a Support Front for Palestinian Detainees and Activists:
1- Establishing a support front for Palestinian detainees and activists with the assistance of Friends of Palestine and civil society organizations.
Activation of International Monitoring:
2- Collaborating with international and local organizations to monitor the conditions of detainees and ensure respect for their rights.
Monitoring the situation of activists with the Palestinian cause, ensuring respect for their rights and securing necessary protection, utilizing international pressure to hold the occupation and countries restricting activism accountable to comply with international laws and protect human rights, focusing on cases of child detention, sick detainees, and administrative detention.
3- Lawyers and Human Rights Organizations:
Utilizing lawyers and human rights organizations to provide legal support for detainees and activists, documenting any violations of their rights, pursuing and holding accountable perpetrators of crimes against humanity and war crimes against Palestinian detainees by referring individual files to the International Criminal Court and United Nations institutions.
Tasks and Programs:
Work to intensify efforts aimed at achieving:
1- Monitoring the conditions of Palestinian detainees and documenting any violations of their rights.
2- Providing support for detainees and activists with Palestine.
3- Organizing international campaigns to raise awareness of detainee conditions and ensure their rights.
4- Ensuring the implementation of international and local laws to protect the rights of detainees and activists.
5- Collaborating with international human rights institutions to enhance the protection of detainees and activists.
6- Organizing cultural and awareness-raising events to spread awareness about detainee and activist issues.
7- Participating in international and regional trials to monitor detainee issues and achieve justice.
8- Establishing a media network to inform the international community of all developments and news about Palestinian detainees in various languages.
9- Recruiting as many international lawyers as possible from Friends of Palestine to defend the cases and rights of Palestinian detainees, engaging them in the supporting front to provide legal support.
10- Establishing a conducive environment to hold conferences, workshops, and meetings concerning Palestinian detainee issues to keep stakeholders informed about developments*_ and according to changes within detention centers from institutions, parties, and human rights associations to present the detainees’ case and convey their voice and suffering._*
11- Creating regular publications narrating the plight of detainees and showcasing their stories.
12- Establishing a committee in each country or kingdom worldwide where possible.