Exclusive: Richard Hermer tells officials he can’t approve decision to ban arms without knowing if their use would breach international lawKeir Starmer’s most senior legal adviser has intervened in the contentious decision over whether to ban UK arms sales to Israel, the Guardian has learned, as officials struggle to distinguish between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons.Sources say Richard Hermer, the attorney general, has told Foreign Office officials he will not approve a decision to ban some weapons sales but allow others, until they can say for sure which could be used to break international humanitarian law. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/25/attorney-general-intervenes-in-foreign-office-review-of-weapons-sales-to-israel
Author : Kiran Stacey Political correspondent
Publish date : 2024-08-25 18:53:46
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