Briefings Open letter: Suspending trade agreements and negotiations in response to the ICJ ruling on Gaza
Open letter: Suspending trade agreements and negotiations in response to the ICJ ruling on Gaza
Together with 8 UK groups we call on the UK Gov to consider suspending its trade agreements with Israel in the light of breaches of humanitarian law.
"We believe that measures should be taken
immediately to suspend trade privileges, agreements and negotiations
with Israel, particularly as these agreements are premised on upholding
human rights and international law, and they involve trade, investment
and cooperation with sectors of the Israeli economy involved in human
rights and international humanitarian law violations. These are
important points of leverage that the UK could and should utilise to try
and bring an end to the ongoing serious violations of international
law. We are asking what assessment your departments have made of these
agreements in light of the ICJ’s interim ruling and the conduct of
Israeli authorities since the attacks of 7 October."
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