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Vigil in Support of Legal Challenge on UK Sale of Arms-Related Equipment to Israel

 

Wednesday 10^th October

 

9:30am to 11:30am

 

Royal Court of Justice

 

The Strand, London WC2

 

Join us to support Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and Al Haq in their challenge of the UK ’s sale of arms-related equipment to Israel .

 

A full public hearing will be held before the UK High Court of Justice in London on 10 -11 October 2007 in the case of R (Saleh Hasan) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Following the blanket refusal by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to respond to the claimant’s request for a justification of UK policy on arms-related sales to Israel , the High Court will hear arguments in a claim filed on 15 November 2006 by UK Solicitor Phil Shiner of Public Interest Lawyers (PIL), in cooperation with Al-Haq.

 

PIL will argue that the UK’s sale of arms-related equipment to Israel is in breach of UK obligations under international law as well as UK statutory law, specifically, the UK Export Control Act of 2002, which incorporates the “consolidated criteria” governing the export of military equipment. According to these criteria, the UK government may not issue export licenses to countries where there is a clear risk that the export might be used for “[i]nternal repression…in violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms as set out in relevant international human rights instruments” or where export would be “inconsistent with…the UK’s international obligations”. The “consolidated criteria” also makes clear that “special caution and vigilance” should be exercised in the case of prospective arms-related sales to countries where serious human rights violations have been established by competent bodies.

 

For more information please visit: http://www.alhaq.org/etemplate.php?id=333

 

For a listing of all events on Palestine in the UK  please visit the PSC website: www.palestinecampaign.org   

Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BM PSA
London
WC1N 3XX

Email: info@palestinecampaign.org

Tel:   020 7700 6192
Fax:  020 7609 7779
Web: www.palestinecampaign.org

 

 

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