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The Ministry Of Defence monitors incidents of alleged international humanitarian law
(IHL) violations using available information which in turn informs our overall assessment
of IHL compliance in Yemen. We consider a range of evidence from government sources,
foreign governments, the media and international non-governmental organisations. We
are aware of reports, including from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International,
of alleged violations of IHL by the Saudi Arabian-led Coalition. We have received
repeated assurances from the coalition that they are complying with IHL and we continue
to engage with them on those assurances. The Saudi Arabian authorities have their
own internal procedures for investigations and we encourage them to be open and transparent
in this. The UK operates one of the most rigorous and transparent export control regimes
in the world. All exports of arms and controlled military goods are assessed on a
case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing,
taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application which include
consideration of the risk of the goods being used to commit violations of human rights
or international humanitarian law.
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