Widespread corruption of the Israeli courts alleged in reports filed with UN Human Rights Council
The reports, which focus on the study of e-government systems, provide a long series of cases, where the courts produced false and misleading records, which were used for deprivation of rights.
Tel-Aviv,
June
29, 2017 - Human Rights Alert (NGO) filed reports
(Submission
or
about 3,000
words and Annex of
over
350 pages)
for the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Israel by
the UN Human Rights Council.
The
reports are
titled: "Incompetence and/or corruption of the courts and the
legal profession, and discrimination by law enforcement in Israel".
[i]
The
Universal Periodic Review is conducted by the UN Human Rights Council
for every member nation every 4 years. Israel's
current
review session
of starts now, a process which
involves
the Israeli Foreign Ministry and other nations, and will conclude in
a
session in
January
2918 in
Geneva. In
the previous cycle (2013) Israel initially tried to boycott the
process, but eventually consented to participate under international
pressure. [ii]
The
Human Rights Alert (NGO) reports
focus on deceit and breach of trust by judges and attorneys, related
to judicial and legal records, particularly electronic court records,
generated in new invalid IT systems of the courts. The reports
emphasize
the importance of studying and monitoring of e-government systems,
which today provide unique insights into the true nature of the
regime. The reports also
raise concerns regarding collusion and/or acquiescence of
world-renowned
Israeli informatics
experts in
conditions that have been established in Israel over the past couple
of decades, concomitant with the implementation of new e-government
systems.
The
Human
Rights Alert reports pertain only to conduct of the Israeli courts
within the 1967 borders, and avoid any discussion of Human Rights in
the Palestinian territories. The reports
provide a long list of cases as evidence of serious violations of
Human Rights by the Israeli
justice
system itself.
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The case of Ukrainian citizen, Roman Zadorov, who is confined in Israel, purportedly after being convicted of murder, but with neither valid, enforceable Verdict nor Sentencing records, and with no Arrest Decree (prescribed by Israeli law for admitting a convict to prison) at all, is probably the most notorious of the cases in the Submission and Annex. [iii]
Figures.
The
Jew Mendel Beilis was falsely prosecuted and falsely convicted of the
murder of a boy in the Ukraine a century ago. The Christian,
Ukrainian Roman Zadorov was prosecuted and purportedly convicted in
the 2006 murder of a girl in Israel.
Law professor Boaz Sangero
wrote: "Conviction with no real evidence."
Law
professor Mordechai Kremnitzer wrote: "Conduct of the State
Prosecution in the Zadorov case is scary, it is not conduct of
Prosecution, which is seeking the truth... Adding to that the
Supreme Court' stance and the Attorney General's conduct in
recent years, one is left with a justice system, which is primarily
defending itself."
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The case of Joelle Ben-Simon, who was subjected to compulsory psychiatric hospitalization after she protested judicial corruption in front of the office of Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, presents evidence of both judicial corruption and retaliation against those, who protest judicial corruption. [iv]
Figure.
Joelle Ben-Simon was confined
in compulsory psychiatric hospitalization after she protested against
corruption of the Jerusalem Family Court in front of Justice Minister
Ayelet Shaked's office. The medical records note that the
compulsory psychiatric hospitalization is "coordinated" by
Attorney Yael Kutik, a senior Ministry of Justice officer.
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The
reports provide extensive documentation of unprecedented protest
against corruption of the justice system in recent years both by the
public at large and by experts, on the one hand, and harsh
retaliatory measures against social protest activists and
whistle-blowers against corruption of the justice system, on the
other hand. [v,vi]
The court cases against social protest activists and whistle-blowers
produces some of the best evidence of judicial incompetence and/or
corruption. [vii,
viii]
The
reports
conclude that the evidence indicates systemic violations of Human
Rights, treaties and conventions as well as State law by Israeli
justice agencies, holding serious implications relative to all
aspects of Civil Society in Israel:
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The validity and integrity of any legal and judicial records of Israel should be deemed dubious at best. The Israeli courts can no longer be deemed competent Courts of Record. Israel should be deemed in violation of all Human Rights, where competent courts are a prerequisite. Israel should be deemed in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Hague Apostille Convention.
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Conditions, which have emerged in the Israeli courts should be deemed a constitutional crisis in a nation with no constitution. The purported "Constitutional Revolution" should be deemed a public relations charade by the same actors, who were central to undermining integrity of the courts.
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Concentration of power in legal, security, and capital groups is likely to frustrate any corrective efforts. Conditions in Israel amount to loss of social contract. Correction would require long-term, fundamental public education and massive exertion of public will and determination.
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