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Litigation in Canada, in the context of the Yemen conflict, has sought to halt the export of arms and military goods to Saudi Arabia due to the increasingly clear and compelling evidence of their involvement in the commission of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights...
From 2017 to date, there have been four administrative challenges launched against the Walloon Regional Government concerning licences for the export of arms to Saudi Arabia that the claimants argue risk being used in serious international law violations (international humanitarian law (IHL) and...
Legal proceedings in the Netherlands have sought to cancel and suspend licences issued for the export of military material to the Egyptian Navy, in light of their alleged involvement in the commission of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) violations in the...
Legal challenges in Italy against arms transfers in the context of the Yemen war have taken a somewhat different approach to other jurisdictions as the claimants have sought to hold licensing officials, as well as the corporate managers of an arms manufacturer, criminally liable for arms exports to...
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...
