Saudi Arabia: Military Aid

(asked on 4th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 124 of the High Court judgement of 10 July 2017, what (a) processes and (b) procedures are used by Saudi Arabia for UK and Saudi officials to report potential violations of international humanitarian law up the chain of command.


This question was answered on 12th March 2019

Paragraph 123 (not 124) of the High Court judgement of 10 July 2017 refers to "targeting procedures and processes", and the insight that UK liaison officers in the Saudi Arabian military HQ may have. However, UK liaison officers do not have insight into internal Saudi Arabian procedures that initiate any reports of potential international humanitarian law (IHL) violations.

All UK military personnel are required to report suspected violations of international humanitarian law to their command chain wherever and whenever they occur.

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