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04 December 2023
Organizations ask court to block Netherlands from exporting F-35 parts to IsraelNL Times
Oxfam Novib, PAX, and The Rights Forum launch civil suit in the Netherlands on 4 December 2023, to call for a halt of the transfer of F-35 fighter jet parts from the Netherlands to Israel that could be used in attacks on Gaza.
13 November 2023
Palestinians Sue Biden for Failure to Prevent Genocide, Seek Emergency Order to Stop Military and Diplomatic Support for Israeli Government’s Assault on GazaCenter for Constitutional Rights
US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III sued for failing to prevent unfolding genocide where they have influence over the State of Israel to do so, and directly abetting its development with weapons, funds, and diplomatic cover.
12 September 2023
GLAN and Mwatana Appeal UK Arms Sales to KSAGlobal Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Mwatana for Human Rights
This press release discusses GLAN and Mwatana's request to the UK Court of Appeal to appeal against the High Court's recent judgment on the UK government's arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
20 July 2023
Italian-made bombs in deadly airstrike in YemenEuropean Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
This press release covers the submission of a complaint against Italy to the European Court of Human Rights, over the use of Italian-made bombs for an airstrike on the village Deir Al-Ḩajārī, Yemen in October 2016.
17 July 2023
The Supreme Court concludes that making public data on the export of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates would threaten "national security"Roberto Becares and Tone Calleja Flórez | El Periódico de España
In the complaint against the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism through an ‘ordinary administrative procedure’ in Spain, the Supreme Court ruled against the plaintiffs, concluding that data on arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE public would threaten national and defence security.
06 June 2023
Arms Trade Campaigners Defiant After Disappointing High Court Judgement Over Saudi Arabia Arms SalesCampaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)
This press release reflects on the High Court’s judgement to CAAT’s legal challenge to the UK government, over its arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in the war in Yemen.
02 March 2023
Yemenis sue top US defence contractors for 'aiding war crimes'Umar A Farooq | Middle East Eye
This article provides coverage of the complaint against the US defence contractors Saudi Arabia and UAE military officials, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin. brought by seven Yemeni nationals.
13 February 2023
Greenpeace to appeal Spain-Saudi arms deal confidentialityAssociated Press
Spanish Supreme Court dismisses appeal filed on Complaint Against the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Through a ‘Special Procedure for the Protection of Fundamental Rights’.
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