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COURT WATCH - Administrative Detention
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Criticism | 1389/07 | 1.5.2012 | Adv. Alon Margalit
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Criticism
In a brief laconic judgment, the Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice (HCJ), approved the administrative detention order issued by the GOC Central Command against a Palestinian resident of the West Bank (HCJ 1389/07 Commander of IDF Forces in the Judea and Samaria Area v. Military Court of Appeals). At the time the petition was submitted, the detainee (the respondent in the petit...
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Criticism | 6845/05 | 1.1.2010 | Adv. Yossi Wolfson
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Criticism
It is commonly held that the role of Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice (HCJ), is to provide recourse for ordinary citizens who believe their rights have been trampled upon by the authorities. Under this common perception the HCJ is the defender of civil rights, a counterforce against the regime’s crushing power. This is not accurate: the HCJ’s formal role is not to de...
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