They say the UK government must “take urgent steps” to ensure it complies with its obligations under the Geneva conventions not to encourage, aid or assist violations of international humanitarian law by other states.
The “sheer scale of the loss of life and injury in Gaza, particularly to women and children, with the widespread damage to civilian objects and infrastructure”, indicates clear violations of international humanitarian law.
It adds: “The starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare, including wilfully impeding adequate relief supplies, as Israel is doing in Gaza, is strictly prohibited under customary international law … and constitutes a war crime.”
Laura Dubinsky KC said there were “grave moral and legal implications of the conduct of Israel’s military operations in Gaza which are, as the death toll and the sheer level of destruction show, impacting civilians disproportionately.”
Prominent legal scholars from around the world were among hundreds of academics who signed a public statement on 15 October warning of the possibility of genocide being committed in Gaza.
Lord Neuberger, a former president of the supreme court, was one of eight eminent Jewish lawyers who warned Israel that it must abide by international law obligations in its operations in Gaza.
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They say the UK government must “take urgent steps” to ensure it complies with its obligations under the Geneva conventions not to encourage, aid or assist violations of international humanitarian law by other states.
The “sheer scale of the loss of life and injury in Gaza, particularly to women and children, with the widespread damage to civilian objects and infrastructure”, indicates clear violations of international humanitarian law.
It adds: “The starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare, including wilfully impeding adequate relief supplies, as Israel is doing in Gaza, is strictly prohibited under customary international law … and constitutes a war crime.”
Laura Dubinsky KC said there were “grave moral and legal implications of the conduct of Israel’s military operations in Gaza which are, as the death toll and the sheer level of destruction show, impacting civilians disproportionately.”
Prominent legal scholars from around the world were among hundreds of academics who signed a public statement on 15 October warning of the possibility of genocide being committed in Gaza.
Lord Neuberger, a former president of the supreme court, was one of eight eminent Jewish lawyers who warned Israel that it must abide by international law obligations in its operations in Gaza.
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