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Eitan – Israeli Immigration Policy Center v. Government
Supreme Court of Israel (sitting as High Court of Justice) · Israel · 2014-09-22 · National court
Citation: HCJ 7385/13
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: Decided for the migrant side
Question
After the first ruling, can the Knesset hold people for a year in closed detention and indefinitely in an “open” facility?
What the court decided
No. The court struck down both the one-year detention and the open-ended stay at Holot.
In plain language
The Knesset’s second law also allowed long detention. The Supreme Court struck it down again and said a rule it had already cancelled could not come back in a slightly different form.
Dalam bahasa sederhana
UU kedua Knesset juga membolehkan penahanan lama. MA kembali membatalkannya dan menyatakan aturan yang sudah dibatalkan tidak bisa kembali dalam bentuk yang sedikit berbeda.
Pertanyaan: Setelah putusan pertama, bolehkah Knesset menahan orang setahun di tahanan tertutup dan tanpa batas di fasilitas “terbuka”?
What happened afterwards
- 2014-09-22: Second law struck down.
- 2014-12: Third law passed.
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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-eitan-2014/. This page summarizes a court decision for research and advocacy; it is not legal advice.