UK government plans to appeal ruling after court says arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful
Government plans to contest court finding that it acted illegally in not considering humanitarian impact properlySaudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir speaks during a press briefing at the Saudi Embassy in London on June 20 2019. Picture: AFP/ TOLGA AKMENThe British government said on Thursday that it would suspend issuing new licences for the sale to Saudi Arabia of arms that may be used in its bombing of Yemen.
Britain’s Court of Appeal found earlier on Thursday that the government acted illegally in failing to assess properly whether arms it sells to Riyadh violated its commitment to human rights.The government had “made no concluded assessments of whether the Saudi-led coalition had committed violations of international humanitarian law in the past, during the Yemen conflict, and made no attempt to do so,” Etherton ruled.
The high court ruled in July 2017 that the arms exports were lawful, but the Court of Appeal reversed that decision on Thursday. The court judge stressed that Thursday's ruing “does not mean that licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia must immediately be suspended”.
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