Abstract

The study aims to analyze and evaluate the legal regulation of the rights of the child in Palestinian legislation, as it sheds light on the extent to which Palestinian legislation harmonizes the rights of the child with their own international convention and its applicability, and given the importance of the subject of study considering that international conventions are a main source of international law and are binding on signatory states. The problem of the study on the validity of Palestinian legislation related to children for implementation and evaluation, and the study of the amendments that have been made to it in accordance with the contemporary criminal policy and development in the global legislative system. In order to achieve the main objective of the study, the researcher used the descriptive and analytical approach, by analyzing legal texts and extrapolating the jurisprudential opinions and judicial rulings. The researcher also adopted a personal interview as a tool for collecting information and enriching the subject of the study. 2) For the year 1937 AD, and the Juvenile Reform Law No. 16 (for the year 1954 AD), due to their lack of validity for implementation, their inconsistency with contemporary criminal policy, their inconsistency with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and treating all provisions and procedures related to children in Palestine within one law, in a manner that ensures ease of application and implementation.