Post by account_disabled on Mar 15, 2024 23:14:45 GMT -7
The main reason for applying this measure is simple: States that continue to transfer weapons to Israel or to Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups knowing that they are using these weapons to commit internationally illicit acts such as war crimes and crimes against humanity are at risk. once the risk of being complicit in the commission of these atrocities. States that act in this way are flagrantly violating their obligation, contained in article 1the Geneva Conventions, to respect and ensure respect for IHL, so that the authorities, officials and responsible persons of companies involved in the decision to transfer weapons used to commit war crimes potentially risk being prosecuted. the International Criminal Court. The IHL Rules make this clear, both Rule 144, which says: “ States shall not encourage violations of international humanitarian law by parties to an armed conflict, and the Commentary of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to said Rule: “ If there is an expectation, based on facts or knowledge of previous patterns, that such weapons could be used to violate international humanitarian law, States must refrain from transferring weapons.
Attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza Ahmad Hasaballah. © Getty Images This obligation requires an assessment prior to any arms transfer and the application of Article 6.3 of the Arms Trade Treaty, which prohibits transfers (i.e. export, import, transit, transshipment and brokering). of conventional weapons and ammunition when these could be used to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, serious breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, attacks directed against civilian objects or BYB Directory civilian persons protected as such, or other war crimes. To fulfill that obligation, governments can condition, limit or deny authorization of these transfers. As an example, the recent Amnesty International report, which documents how US weapons have been used in two attacks that killed 43 civilians in Gaza . An apartheid regime The current crisis does not arise in a vacuum. Israel has a long history of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, including by imposing a system of apartheid on Palestinians for decades, with impunity.
The numerous rapes and war crimes committed by Palestinian armed groups and security forces have also gone unpunished. A sign that this has been going on for a long time. In autumn 2022, AI appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC)to investigate as war crimes the illegal attacks committed during Israel's aggression on the Gaza Strip in August 2022. It also recommended suspending the supply and transfer of all weapons, ammunition and other military and security equipment to Israel,as well asput effective and concrete pressure on Israel to dismantle its apartheid regime and ensure that governments did not support it. Spanish exports. Not one more weapon for Israel Between 2015 and June 2022, the latest official data available, since the annual report that should have been sent to Congress in May was not made public due to the anticipation of the general elections, the Spanish government granted 290 arms export licenses to Israel worth of more than 80 million euros, among which the categories of aircraft (37 million) and fire direction systems (17 million) stand out, as well as ammunition (1.5 million) and bombs, torpedoes, rockets and missiles.
Attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza Ahmad Hasaballah. © Getty Images This obligation requires an assessment prior to any arms transfer and the application of Article 6.3 of the Arms Trade Treaty, which prohibits transfers (i.e. export, import, transit, transshipment and brokering). of conventional weapons and ammunition when these could be used to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, serious breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, attacks directed against civilian objects or BYB Directory civilian persons protected as such, or other war crimes. To fulfill that obligation, governments can condition, limit or deny authorization of these transfers. As an example, the recent Amnesty International report, which documents how US weapons have been used in two attacks that killed 43 civilians in Gaza . An apartheid regime The current crisis does not arise in a vacuum. Israel has a long history of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, including by imposing a system of apartheid on Palestinians for decades, with impunity.
The numerous rapes and war crimes committed by Palestinian armed groups and security forces have also gone unpunished. A sign that this has been going on for a long time. In autumn 2022, AI appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC)to investigate as war crimes the illegal attacks committed during Israel's aggression on the Gaza Strip in August 2022. It also recommended suspending the supply and transfer of all weapons, ammunition and other military and security equipment to Israel,as well asput effective and concrete pressure on Israel to dismantle its apartheid regime and ensure that governments did not support it. Spanish exports. Not one more weapon for Israel Between 2015 and June 2022, the latest official data available, since the annual report that should have been sent to Congress in May was not made public due to the anticipation of the general elections, the Spanish government granted 290 arms export licenses to Israel worth of more than 80 million euros, among which the categories of aircraft (37 million) and fire direction systems (17 million) stand out, as well as ammunition (1.5 million) and bombs, torpedoes, rockets and missiles.