ARRESTED CHILDHOOD
The Youth Law (Adjudication, Punishment, and Means of Treatment), 5731-1971 (hereinafter: the Youth Law) is the law that regulates the handling of minors involved in criminal acts. In 2008, Amendment No. 14 to the Youth Law was enacted with the intention of adjusting its provisions to the international Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and Israel’s Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty. The Youth Law reflects a progressive approach to the rights of minors in the criminal process, seeking “to enshrine the minor’s rights as a suspect and defendant in criminal offenses, taking into account his developing capacities, and under the overall principle of the good of the minor, as well as the aspiration that underlies the Law to rehabilitate a young offender through the means of treatment and punishment detailed therein". These norms delineate the require manner of treatment by the police, the State Prosecutor’s Office, and the judicial authority.
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