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UN expert calls on arms companies to cease exports to Israel
Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur for the right to food, has urged arms companies to “cease all arms exports to Israel now”.
“They are complicit in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide,” he wrote in a post on X.
Fakhri’s comments come following a call from the UN for the US, Germany, the UK and arms manufacturers – including Boeing and Lockheed Martin – to halt weapons exports to the country, saying they “risk complicity in violations of international law”.
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UN experts warn investment firms of legal risk related to Israeli arms supplies
A group of UN experts has warned weapons manufacturers and investment companies of the legal risks posed by supplying Israeli forces with munitions as the country faces alleged war crimes in Gaza.
The group of independent UN experts said the “sale, transfer and diversion of arms, munitions and other military equipment to Israel” must cease, and banks and investment companies investing in weapons manufacturers are also at risk of prosecution under international law.
While arms manufacturers who supply Israel with weapons are at “risk of being complicit in serious violations of international human rights and international humanitarian laws”, their financial investors must also be “called to account”, the experts said.
“Failure to prevent or mitigate their business relationships with these arms manufacturers transferring arms to Israel could move from being directly linked to human rights abuses to contributing to them, with repercussions for complicity in potential atrocity crimes,” the experts said in a statement.
Among some of the better-known institutional investors named and “urged to take action” were Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Norges Bank Investment Management, and Wells Fargo & Company.
