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Adam v. Knesset (three-year detention of asylum seekers)
Supreme Court of Israel (sitting as High Court of Justice) · Israel · 2013-09-16 · National court
Citation: HCJ 7146/12
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: Decided for the migrant side
Question
May the law hold people who entered irregularly, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, in detention for up to three years?
What the court decided
No. A nine-judge panel struck down the amendment to the Prevention of Infiltration Law as a disproportionate violation of liberty.
In plain language
Israel passed a law allowing people who crossed the border without papers to be held for up to three years. The Supreme Court struck it down. The Knesset then passed a new law, which led to the next cases.
Dalam bahasa sederhana
Israel membuat UU yang membolehkan orang yang melintasi perbatasan tanpa dokumen ditahan hingga tiga tahun. MA membatalkannya. Knesset lalu membuat UU baru, yang memicu perkara berikutnya.
Pertanyaan: Bolehkah UU menahan orang yang masuk tanpa dokumen, kebanyakan dari Eritrea dan Sudan, hingga tiga tahun?
What happened afterwards
- 2013-09-16: Detention provision struck down.
- 2013-12: New law creates the Holot facility.
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Cite as: Institute for Migrant Rights (2026), Migration Jurisprudence from the South, version 0.1, https://theimr.org/court-decisions/d/il-adam-2013/. This page summarizes a court decision for research and advocacy; it is not legal advice.