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UK shuts down unit tracking Israeli violations of international law
9 hours ago ... The British Foreign Office has closed its unit responsible for monitoring potential breaches of international law by "Israel" in Gaza and Lebanon, ...
UK to end project tracking potential Israeli violations: Report
UK newspaper reports that Foreign Office unit logging possible war crimes has shut amid funding cuts.A UK government unit responsible for documenting Israel’s possible war crimes during its genocidal war in Gaza has been shut down amid funding cuts, the Guardian has reported.The London-based newspaper on Wednesday reported that cuts within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have forced the international humanitarian law cell to close.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine studentslist 2 of 4How a UK military college sought to distance itself from ban on Israelislist 3 of 4UK’s Starmer under fire over report Mandelson failed security vettinglist 4 of 4UK PM Starmer admits Mandelson mistake, rejects resignation callsend of listThe move means that funding for the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project, which is run by the independent group the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), will also end, according to the report.An FCDO spokesperson told Al Jazeera that the change was part of an “internal restructure” and that the cell’s work would be continued by a “different team in the FCDO”, without giving further details.“We continue to heavily invest expertise and resources into our conflict prevention and resolution work, including the monitoring of international humanitarian law in Gaza,” the spokesperson said.CIR’s work included open-source monitoring of incidents in occupied Palestine, Israel and Lebanon, with information dating back to the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023.The centre also conducted more than 20 investigations covering topics such as shootings of children in Gaza and maintains a database containing verified information about roughly 26,000 incidents across the Middle East, the Guardian noted.The Guardian’s report suggested the FCDO would lose access to the database once the funding stream ends, removing a key node of information that has aided decision-making in previous months.The FCDO spokesperson told Al Jazeera the government department would “retain access” to CIR research it had funded while also noting that the project’s reports were only one element of its “assessments and approach” to IHL (International Humanitarian Law) issues.The FCDO has been roiled by the prospect of major job and funding reductions. In July, the office’s former permanent secretary said it planned to shrink its workforce by up to 25 percent.And last November,...
Foreign Office shuts unit tracking Israeli actions in Gaza - Magzter
13 hours ago ... ... war crimes allegations. As well as maintaining the database, the CIR has ... The UK embassies in Tel Aviv, Beirut and Damascus, as well as the ...
Foreign Office shuts unit tracking potential law breaches by Israel
The centre's work for the Foreign Office included the world's largest open-source monitoring of incidents across Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. It is the only programme in the UK that collects, verifies and analyses human rights and conflict incidents in Israel and the occupied territories.
