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Briefing: UK weapons and Israel's use of force against civilians

The UK Government has approved export licences for weapons to Israel used in militarised repression against Palestinians. This means that the UK is providing material support for Israel’s illegal use of force. Updated September 2021

Joint Letter to UK Gov on Palestinian Mass Arrests by Israeli Security Forces

War on Want, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, and Amnesty International UK have written to the UK government

Judge, Jury, and Occupier

Israel's military court system in the occupied West Bank

UN Binding Treaty Briefing – UK Working Group

UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights briefing

ISDS files: Lydian v Armenia

Mining company threatened to sue when protestors blockaded a gold mine and government allowed the protest to go ahead

ISDS files: Chevron v Ecuador

CASE NAME: CHEVRON V ECUADOR SUMMARY: US oil firm sued Ecuador after compensation ordered for devastating Amazon oil spill STATUS: Chevron won AT STAKE: Undisclosed

ISDS files: Agro EcoEnergy v Tanzania

Sugar plantation investor accused of a land grab is suing after the Tanzanian government took back the land title

ISDS files: Anglian Water v Argentina

Water company sued when Argentina froze water prices during a financial crisis

Briefing: The case against corporate courts

ISDS is an unjust mechanism that should have no place in the UK’s trade and investment policy.

ISDS files: Philip Morris v Australia

Tobacco giant sues Australia over plain packaging for cigarettes

ISDS files: Lone Pine V Canada

Oil and gas company suing the Canadian government over a moratorium on fracking in Quebec

Trading up for health

How to prevent trade deals from undermining health