1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Children are entitled to special protections and due process rights under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, regardless of guilt or innocence or the gravity of an alleged offense. (2) The Government of Israel and its military detains around 500 to 700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12 and 17 each year and prosecutes them before a military court system that lacks basic and fundamental guarantees of due process in violation of international standards. (3) Israel has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states— (A) in article 37(a), that no child shall be subject to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ; (B) in article 37(b), that the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time ; (C) in article 37(c), that every child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age