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The May airstrike demolishing Gaza’s al-Jalaa building will be investigated by the ICC
On 3 March 2021, the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor announced the opening of a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories in the state of Palestine. The Middle East Monitor (MEM) thinks that the ICC decision gives some … Continue reading
Britain’s role in the death & injury of Yemeni civilians
Above: typical of the destruction wrought by coalition air strikes July – December 2020 After taking the UK government to court over its arms sales to the Saudis, the latest CAAT newsletter (Issue 258 Winter 2020) recalls that in July … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Saudi Arabia., UK, UN, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, Bill Nighy, CAAT, Defence, Exports, Finance, Foreign policy, G20, Government 2020, Houthi militia, Houthis, Manufacturing, Military matters, Saudi Arabia., Taxpayers' money, UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, UN Security Council, United Nations report, war crimes, warfare
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The Drone Wars website
Whereas this Airstrikes site has just reported on drone killings and latterly on airstrikes, the Drone Wars site analyses in detail the impact and (im)morality of the use of armed drones. Summarised here are some of the points made in … Continue reading
A German court has taken the first step to ensure a degree of accountability for unlawful US drone strikes
Will UK, Italy, and the Netherlands follow suit? In March 2019, the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster heard lawyers representing Faisal bin ali Jaber (right), a Yemeni engineer and two relatives in their case against the Federal Republic of … Continue reading
Imran Khan: “American drone strikes in Pakistan must stop. It’s butchery, and the true horror of it is hidden from the West”
. Since 2004, the US government has attacked thousands of targets in tribal areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan. It used unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the US Air Force under the operational control of the CIA’s Special Activities … Continue reading
British mainstrean media downplays Britain’s role in the latest Yemeni killing
Today, the BBC reports that UN Group of Regional and International Eminent Experts on Yemen will present a report to the UN Human Rights Council next month. It says that the experts believe war crimes may have been committed by … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Pentagon, UK, UN, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, bomb, CNN, Corporate-political nexus, Democracy undermined, Foreign policy, Government, Military matters, Pentagon, Saudi Arabia., UN, warfare, Yemen
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The Ministry of Defence 1: MPs fear Britain is violating national and international law?
Lizzie Dearden reported (17th July) that a two-year probe by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones, chaired by Professor Michael Clarke, the former director-general of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), revealed: • that the number of operations facilitated … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Iraq, Legal action, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, UK, Yemen
Tagged combatant immunity, Professor Andrew Clarke, war crimes
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Immoral, unethical and illegal? Military action in areas where the UK is not formally at war
Mark Shapiro draws attention to a contribution from Emily Knowles, who leads the Oxford Research Group’s Remote Warfare Programme. In the introduction to her report (right) she writes: “ One of the major warnings from the Iraq Inquiry was that public … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian deaths, International law, Iraq, NATO, Pentagon, President Obama, UK, Yemen
Tagged American Civil Liberties Union, British Special Forces, Cooperation and Security, Emily Knowles, ethics, Institute for Conflict, Mark Shapiro, morals, NATO’s Resolute Support, Oxford Research Group, Professor John Ferguson, Reaper Drone, remote killing, Remote Warfare Programme, The Bureau of Investigation, University of Birmingham
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“INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE USE OF ARMED DRONES”: PROFESSOR DAPO AKANDE: 22nd February 2018
UNA’s 16th annual Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen International Law Lecture is held in association with the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London and the Bar Council of England and Wales. As more countries and non-state actors … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Legal action, Uncategorized
Tagged PROFESSOR DAPO AKANDE. UNA
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Sikander Ahmed Shah: first objective, halting drone strikes – the second, reparation
For years the legality of using armed drones has been challenged by individuals and organisations – as a search on this website will reveal. Another analyst, Sikander Ahmed Shah of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Department of Law and Policy reflected … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian deaths, International law, Pakistan, UN, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, Draft Articles on State Responsibility (DASR), extra-judicial killings, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Human rights, humanitarian law., Shamsi Air Base, the right to a fair trial
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