Annex VII, Release of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees, Israeli­ Palestinian Interim Agreement on The West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)

Country/entity
Israel
Palestine
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Agreement name
Annex VII, Release of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees, Israeli­ Palestinian Interim Agreement on The West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II)
Date
28 Sep 1995
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Stage
Framework/substantive - partial
Conflict nature
Government/territory
Peace process
Israel-Palestine peace process
Parties
Israel, signed for by Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres; PLO, signed for by Yasser Arafat;
Third parties
William Clinton, U.S. President; Warren Christopher, U.S.; Amr Moussa, Egypt; Bjoern Tore Godal, Norway; Andrei V. Kozyrev, Russia; Hussein Ibn Talal, Jordan; Felipe Gonzalez, EU;
Description
Annex to the Oslo II Agreement containing provisions and qualifying factors for prisoner releases.


Main category
Page 1, 2.a. all female detainees and prisoners shall be released in the first stage of release;

Women, girls and gender

Participation

No specific mention.

Equality

No specific mention.

Particular groups of women

No specific mention.

International law

No specific mention.

New institutions

No specific mention.

Violence against women

No specific mention.

Transitional justice
Transitional justice→Prisons, prisoner release
Page 1
2.a. All female detainees and prisoners shall be released in the first stage of release;
Institutional reform

No specific mention.

Development

No specific mention.

Implementation

No specific mention.

Other

No specific mention.


THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN INTERIM AGREEMENT ON THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP

Annex VII

Release of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees

1. The release of detainees and prisoners, as agreed upon in Article XVI of this Agreement will be carried out in three stages.

2. The following categories of detainees and/or prisoners will be included in the abovementioned releases:

a. all female detainees and prisoners shall be released in the first stage of release;

b. persons who have served more than two thirds of their sentence;

c. detainees and/or prisoners charged with or imprisoned for security offenses not involving fatality or serious injury;

d. detainees and/or prisoners charged with or convicted of non-security criminal offenses;

and

e. citizens of Arab countries being held in Israel pending implementation of orders for their deportation.

3. Detainees and prisoners from among the categories detailed in this paragraph, who meet the criteria set out in paragraph 2 above, are being considered by Israel to be eligible for release:

a. prisoners and/or detainees aged 50 years and above;

b. prisoners and/or detainees under 18 years of age;

c. prisoners who have been imprisoned for 10 years or more;

and

d. sick and unhealthy prisoners and/or detainees.

4. The third stage of release will take place during the permanent status negotiations and will involve the categories set out above, and may explore further categories.