conf mideast levant from center for policy research cpr subject conf mideast levant rights of children violated by the state of israel selected articles of the iv geneva convention of article no physical or moral coercion shall be exercised against protected persons in particular to obtain information from them or from third parties article the high contracting parties specifically agree that each of them is prohibited from taking any measure of such a character as to cause the physical suffering or extermination of protected persons in their hands this prohibition applies not only to murder torture corporal punishment but also to any other measures of brutality whether applied by civilian or military agents article no protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed collective penalties and likewise measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited article taking of hostages is prohibited article individual or mass forcible transfers as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the occupying power or to that of any other country occupied or not are prohibited regardless of their motive article the occupying power shall with the cooperation of the national and local authorities facilitate the proper working of all institutions devoted to the care and education of children article any destruction by the occupying power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons or to the state or to other public authorities or to social or cooperative organizations is prohibited except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations ps it is obvious that violations of the above articles are also violations of the international convention of the rights of the child
