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2023-11-24 02:57:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 063F1184C2BD216CECFF4CD536E809DE87FFBB4C1DC73D688DEA768AB2F703E9
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Israel, as a state institution, does not have an official policy that endorses or permits the sexual assault of detainees, and prisoner treatment is governed by a series of treaties known as the "Law of Armed Conflict", or its "Unlawful Combatants Law". https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/what-war-crimes-laws-apply-israel-palestinian-conflict-2023-10-11/ https://lieber.westpoint.edu/israeli-unlawful-combatants-law-turns-twenty/ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/briefing_note/join/2013/491484/EXPO-AFET_SP%282013%29491484_EN.pdf https://www.timesofisrael.com/ending-censorship-idf-admits-officer-jailed-in-2017-raped-a-palestinian-woman/
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