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International Law

The ratified International Laws the Britain Government is failing to honour, despite being a signatory

Charter of the United Nations

41. The Security Council may decide what measures, not involving the use of armed force, are to be employed to give effect to its decisions.

UN Charter VII pt 41

UN Declaration on Principles of International Law

No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State. Consequently, armed intervention and all other forms of interference or attempted threats against the personality of the State or against its political, economic and cultural elements are in violation of international law.

UN Declaration on Principles Int'l Law

Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal

… individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience imposed by the individual State. He who violates the laws of war cannot obtain immunity while acting in pursuance of the authority of the State, if the State in authorising action moves outside its competence under international law.

Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal (1946)

The Terrorist Financing Convention 1999

Article 2. Any person commits an offence if that person by any means, directly or indirectly, unlawfully and wilfuly provides or collects funds in the knowledge that they are to be used, in full or in part, in order to carry out any act intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to any other person when the purpose of such act is to intimidate a population, or to compel a government to do or to abstain from doing any act.

Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Article 25. Individual criminal responsibility In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:

(a) Commits such a crime [a war crime, a crime against humanity or genocide], whether as an individual, jointly with another or through another person, regardless of whether that other person is criminally responsible;

(b) Orders, solicits or induces the commission of such a crime...

(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or otherwise assists in its commission... including providing the means for its commission;

Article 27. Irrelevance of official capacity. This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute.

International Criminal Court Act 2001

Section 52. It is an offence against the Law of England and Wales for a person to engage in conduct ancillary to genocide, a crime against humanity or a war crime.

Rome Statute of the ICC

Int'l Criminal Court Act 2001

The Accessories and Abettors Act 1861

Section 8. Whosoever shall aid, abet, counsel, or procure the commission of any indictable offence, whether the same be an offence at common law or by virtue of any Act passed or to be passed, shall be liable to be tried, indicted, and punished as a principal offender.

Accessories & Abettors Act

Latest developments

In 2001 the UK Government ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court by enacting the International Criminal Court Act and the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act. These two laws make is a criminal offence in the UK for any person to engage in war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and conduct ancillary to those crimes, such as aiding, abetting counselling or procuring the commission of an offence. This includes the collection of taxes that will be used in the commission of such crimes. It is our lawful duty not to be complicit in funding such crimes via our taxes.

Arming Israel: The UK has provided direct military assistance to and political cover for Israel during its genocide, in which it has killed thousands of Palestinian civillians, while the Starmer regime in the UK is targeting journalists and activists who draw attention to and oppose Israel’s war crimes.
UN Votes: Israel in breach of International Law: With 124 votes in favour, 43 abstentions and only 12 votes against (including Israel and the US) the UN has now demanded that Israel ends its unlawful presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months. This means that ALL those investing in companies involved in any way with the illegal settlements or Occupied Territories are in breach of international law.
A team of forty-seven South African lawyers is finalising its lawsuit against the UK and US for their complicity in Israel’s genocide and other war crimes against Palestinians.
Lawyers from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have informed the UK Government they are in breach of international law by selling arms to Israel.
In his resignation letter in which he accused the FCDO of complicity in War Crimes, British Foreign Office diplomat Mark Smith wrote: 'Israeli soldiers take videos deliberately burning, destroying and looting civilian property and openly admit to the rape and torture of prisoners'. He chose not to be complicit - morally or legally.
The Civil Servants Union (PCS) has threatened legal action against the government to prevent its members from being forced to carry out unlawful acts and being found complicit.
Officials in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) have raised concerns with senior civil servants that they may be liable if it is deemed Israel has broken international law. Considering the statements made by senior Knesset officials and the ICC arrest warrants sought for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, it is a matter of when, not if.
A criminal action has been filed against four cabinet ministers and is now being considered by the Scotland Yard War Crimes Unit.
The ICJ has added 'widespread starvation' to its original Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Councils are already divesting: Walthamstow, Islington, Slough, Cambridge and more.
Companies and unions such as AXA, Puma and USS (largest private sector pension fund, the Universities Superannuation Scheme) are cancelling their investment in Israel.
The new Attorney General Richard Hermer KC says councils should be able to boycott Israel. i.e. - The buck stops with the council.
The International Criminal Court has been officially called to investigate Ursula von der Leyen for complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, to the extent that she has aided, abetted and otherwise assisted in the commission or attempted commission of such crimes.
Current Israeli breaches of international and humanitarian law include prison torture https://www.btselem.org/
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/un-human-rights-chief-deplores-new-moves-expand-israeli-settlements-occupied and add cases when the government has been proved - in court - to be acting unlawfully https://caat.org.uk/news/2019-06-20-2/
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