main lawyer says UK must ensure British weapons are not being used in indiscriminate airstrikes by SaudisThe British government must challenge Saudi Arabia over whether it is using UK weapons to breach international humanitarian law by launching indiscriminate airstrikes in Yemen,a main lawyer has told the UK arms export control select committee.
Phillipe Sands QC of Matrix Chambers said that, faced with compelling evidence of what is happening in Yemen, or ministers had a legal duty to travel back to the Saudi government to check whether its assurances about the use of UK weaponry were valid.
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Source: theguardian.com