Meaningless certification scheme revealed as watchdog tells Irish utility company ESB not to wash its hands of Cerrejón coal, despite phaseout Read more here:

Read more about the details of the ruling: 6/6

Without the ability to legally challenge the government's arms exports decisions, and with Parliament unable to properly scrutinise licensing decisions, there is a glaring gap in the democratic process to hold the UK government accountable to the law. 5/

It flies in the face of the UN and countless other legal and human rights bodies, and internationally renowned scholars, who have asserted that Israel’s actions amount to #genocide. 4/

The govt's stance disregards even the most serious of IHL violations by Israel, to keep UK exports of fighter jet components flowing. This staggering position puts contracts for weapons manufacturers above the UK’s fundamental obligations under international law. 3/

The disappointing decision upholds the govt’s claim that stopping UK F-35 parts would be too great a risk to intl. peace & security. Instead of agreeing to remove Israel as an end user of British parts, they are allowed to move freely to Israel via this intentional 'loophole' 2/

NEW: Court of Appeal refuses permission to challenge decision to allow UK #F35 exports to #Israel via global 'spare parts pool' 🚨Raises a critical question: who ensures the UK govt respects international law? 🧵

New climate justice case with @GoodLawProject covered in the @ScotNational https://t.co/ZGifDK3NSe #climatelitigation #fairshare

Time is running out! In our latest case with @GoodLawProject we are pushing for the UK government to act urgently and do more to prevent climate catastrophe.

Read more about our new climate justice case with @GoodLawProject below. "The science is clear. The technology is ready to roll out. All we need is the political will to make it happen." https://t.co/PzjhEsFzdQ

🌏 NEW: The UK government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action with Global Legal Action Network. Help fund the fight 👇 https://t.co/JFZttzpITy

Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage | Flooding | The Guardian https://t.co/Ahl2mTYU3z

GLAN's Gerry Liston spoke to @thecurrency last week after our ground-breaking case win with @SadakaIreland: "This...result demonstrates that companies & senior execs with commercial links to the Israeli settlements face risks of extremely serious criminal consequences"

The Dublin office and the Israeli settlements: How Airbnb’s Dublin entity became a legal flashpoint

Potentially hugely significant news on AirBnB and the Occupied Territories 👇 https://t.co/LvjfMT6LKq

"Airbnb Ireland not only profits from what is a war crime, but drives tourism to these illegal settlements fuelling their expansion. Ireland must take truly concrete steps to abide by ICJ opinion, and include services in OTB." Stephen Bowen, Director, Amnesty Ireland.

Court strikes down Irish police decision not to investigate Airbnb over Israeli settlements @reuters @sadakaIreland

This result proves why the Irish government must include a ban on services in the hashtag #OccupiedTerritoriesBill & that claims that such a ban could not be implemented are wrong. Find out more about this work and support here:

This is the first ever court case concerning alleged corporate complicity in Israeli crimes to conclude in favour of those who brought it. It was also the first ever court case to apply proceeds of crime law to business activity linked to Israeli settlements. 4/5

The complaint alleged complicity in #warcrimes & #moneylaundering of proceeds of war crimes by Airbnb's Irish subsidiary. In court the Irish police conceded its assessment that the complaint "disclosed no offence within the jurisdiction" was based on an error of law. 3/5