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Aug 22, 2024
Joint Statement: 50 Days of a Labour Government and arms sales to Israel continue unabated
50 days of inexcusable delays. 50 days of complicity. 50 days of impunity for Israel’s crimes.
Aug 21, 2024
New testimonies obtained in Gaza reveal Israel’s systematic torture of Palestinians undermining assurances to UK government.
Evidence of ‘depraved’ Israeli war crimes grow as lawyers call on UK government to halt arms sales ahead of court hearing.
Jul 10, 2024
Joint Letter: Rights organisations demand new Labour government end UK complicity in Israel’s atrocity crimes
Expert rights organisations have signed a joint call on the new UK government to fulfil their legal obligations to uphold international law.
Jun 19, 2024
UK arms companies warned they could face prosecution if they continue selling arms to Israel
Letters have been sent by four organisations to the directors of UK arms companies warning them they could face criminal liability.
Apr 23, 2024
UK arms exports challenge revived, expedited and now set for full hearing in October
Court documents reveal new UK decision, the failure to factor World Central Kitchen killings and Israel's consistent failure to give UK info
Aug 31, 2021
New report. 'Domestic accountability for international arms transfers: Law, policy and practice'
A new report published by GLAN, Saferworld and the International Commission of Jurists looks at ten separate legal challenges to stop the...
Jul 10, 2020
GLAN statement on UK government's decision to reinstate arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) joins other human rights organisations in expressing our dismay at the recent reinstatement of arms...
Apr 30, 2020
New report: Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory: Guidance for Upholding Human Rights
Al-Haq and GLAN’s new report, Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory: Guidance for Upholding Human Rights, closely examines the...
Apr 6, 2020
Bahrain: Free Imprisoned Rights Defenders and Activists Extend Releases
Amid the global threat posed by COVID-19, Bahraini authorities should release human rights defenders, opposition activists, journalists...
Oct 1, 2019
Joint Statement: Continued Delay of the UN Database by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The undersigned organisations express their serious concern and disappointment that the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human...
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