BREAKING: UK Government suspends weapons exports to Israel following threat of new legal action by GLAN and Al-Haq.
This afternoon, we learnt that the Government has suspended 30 export licenses for arms sales to Israel.
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GLAN news
Aug 27
NGOs take legal action against the EU’s 2030 climate targets
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe submit final written arguments in a fast-tracked climate case.
Aug 22
Joint Statement: 50 Days of a Labour Government and arms sales to Israel continue unabated
50 days of inexcusable delays. 50 days of complicity. 50 days of impunity for Israel’s crimes.
Aug 21
New testimonies obtained in Gaza reveal Israel’s systematic torture of Palestinians undermining assurances to UK government.
Evidence of ‘depraved’ Israeli war crimes grow as lawyers call on UK government to halt arms sales ahead of court hearing.
Jul 10
Joint Letter: Rights organisations demand new Labour government end UK complicity in Israel’s atrocity crimes
Expert rights organisations have signed a joint call on the new UK government to fulfil their legal obligations to uphold international law.
Jun 27
Decision overturned. ‘Watershed’ ruling confirms that UK companies trading in forced labour goods risk prosecution
27.06.24: Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have won in the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the UK Na
Jun 27
Game-changing legal victory for World Uyghur Congress
This. Is. Huge. We have resoundingly won our appeal with World Uyghur Congress against the National Crime Agency (NCA.
Jun 19
UK arms companies warned they could face prosecution if they continue selling arms to Israel
Letters have been sent by four organisations to the directors of UK arms companies warning them they could face criminal liability.
May 28
Barbudans resisting destructive island developments ironically excluded from International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Civil society groups are calling out the 4th UN SIDS event for excluding Barbudans while platforming the developers destroying their island.
Apr 25
Barbudans Seek International Support to Resist Harmful Land Grab
Request sent to Inter-American Commission for Human Rights 25.04.24: This week GLAN, on behalf of our grassroots partner the Barbuda Land...
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