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Following the dismissal of a criminal complaint brought in Italy against arms manufacturer RWM Italia S.p.A and senior officials of Italy’s National Authority for the Export of Armament (UAMA), victims of the 8 October 2016 airstrike in Deir Al-Ḩajārī, Yemen brought the case before the...
Several cases have been brought in France, seeking to halt the export of arms and military goods that risk being used in the Yemen conflict. The matter first entered the courts in 2018, and there have since been several cases brought by different claimants and using varying arguments and approaches,...
Unlike most of the other cases documented on this site in the context of Yemen that have been brought in domestic courts, the case brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC) takes place in the international arena and is exclusively governed by international law. It seeks to establish the...
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 (IHL and IHRL) that would fuel, exacerbate,...
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...
