"After 35 years of defending Palestinian children's rights, we are not able to overcome operational challenges resulting from Israel's targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations."
"Of the 351 Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons at the end of 2025, 51 percent are held in administrative detention without charge or trial, the highest number and proportion on record."
"Defense for Children International-Palestine served as an independent 'national section' of Defence for Children International, a child-rights movement with over 35 sections around the world."
Defense for Children International-Palestine has ended its operations due to ongoing threats from Israel, which designated it a terrorist organization in 2023. Despite its efforts to document human rights violations and provide legal services to Palestinian children, operational challenges proved insurmountable. DCI-P reported that over half of the Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons were held without charge, marking a record high. Established in 1991, DCI-P was the only Palestinian NGO dedicated to children's rights, functioning as part of a global child-rights movement.
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