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In June 2021, two NGOs jointly initiated administrative proceedings in South African courts that seek to challenge licences issued for the export of arms and military goods to countries involved in the Yemen conflict. This claim calls for the review of export licences granted to Saudi Arabia and the...
Litigation against Yemen-linked arms transfers first entered the Spanish courts in 2020. Two simultaneous claims, submitted by claimant NGOs before Administrative Courts, challenged the refusal by the competent licensing authority to provide access to information regarding licences that were issued...
Litigation against arms transfers in the context of the Yemen war first entered the UK courts in 2016. Two claims for judicial review, submitted before Administrative Courts, have sought to challenge the decisions of the Secretary of State for International Trade to allow licences to be granted for...
Armed Conflict in Libya
Armed Conflict in Yemen
United States of America
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
In late 2020, New York Center for Foreign Policy Affairs (NYCFPA) and Human Rights Solidarity initiated a legal challenge against decisions taken by the Trump administration to approve the sale of an arms package, which included artillery, ammunition, and missiles as well as F-35 jets and drones to...
