חוק כליאתם של לוחמים בלתי חוקיים (תיקון מס' 3), התשע"ו-2016Law of Detention of Unlawful Combatants (Amendment No. 3), 2016 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law (Amendment No. 3), 2016 was passed in second and third reading on 21 March 2016. The Law provides that in a case where the Government notifies the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of its decision to declare war or of military operations, in accordance with Section 40 of Basic Law: The Government, it may also apply to the Committee with a request to approve a declaration of changes to the scope of application of the Law, as detailed below: 1. The authority to issue a detention order will be transferred from the Chief of Staff to an officer with the rank of Brigadier General; 2. The authority to conduct a hearing will be transferred from an officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to an officer with the rank of Captain; 3. The validity period of a temporary detention order will be increased from 96 hours to seven days. The Committee may approve the declaration, shorten its duration, or decline to approve it. The validity of such a declaration will be three months, or until an earlier date set in the declaration or approved by the Committee. The Government may request the Committee to extend the declaration for additional periods, as long as the war or military operations continue, and for 30 days after their conclusion.

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