The complaint challenges the authorisation already granted for the delivery of anti-tank weapons to Israel and seeking to stop deliveries that have not yet been authorised.
The complaint is directed against the economy ministry in Berlin, which now has two weeks to respond./ Photo: AA archive
The complaint seeks to"revoke the export licences issued by the German government for arms deliveries to Israel", the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights said in a statement on Friday. The Palestinians are"challenging the authorisation already granted for the delivery of anti-tank weapons" and seeking to stop deliveries that have not yet been authorised, the spokeswoman said.The five Palestinians have all had family members killed in Israeli missile attacks since Israel's war on Gaza set off the war, according to the ECCHR.
"Germany cannot remain true to its values if it exports weapons to a war in which serious violations of international humanitarian law are evident," said Wolfgang Kaleck, general secretary of the ECCHR.
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