1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Approximately 3,100,000 Palestinians live in the West Bank, of which around 42 percent are children under the age of 18 who have lived their entire lives under Israeli military control. (2) In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, there are two separate and unequal legal systems, with Israeli military law imposed on Palestinians and Israeli civilian law applied to Israeli settlers. (3) Children are entitled to special protections and due process rights under international human rights law and international humanitarian law. (4) 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