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UIN 23574

Arms Trade: Human Rights

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2 March 2020

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5 March 2020 · Answer

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5 March 2020

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK-exported weapons are not used in attacks that breach international (a) humanitarian and (b) human rights law.

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  1. 2 March 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK-exported weapons are not used in attacks that breach international (a) humanitarian and (b) human rights law.

    Source: Commons

  2. 5 March 2020

    Answer

    Weapons exported from the UK require an export licence. All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (known as the Consolidated Criteria), based on the most ...

    Source: Written answer

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