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<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) monitors and analyses incidents of alleged International
Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations using available information which in turn is used
by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to form an overall view on the approach
and attitude of Saudi Arabia to IHL. The FCO is not acting to determine whether a
sovereign state has or has not acted in breach of IHL, but instead as Criterion 2(c)
requires – acting to make an overall judgement.</p><p>It is important to make clear
that neither the MOD nor the FCO reaches a conclusion as to whether or not an IHL
violation has taken place in relation to each and every incident of potential concern
that comes to its attention. This would simply not be possible in conflicts to which
the UK is not a party, as is the case in Yemen.</p>
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