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New report calls for fresh approach to UK investigations of civilian harm by military forces

November 26, 2024

A report published today by the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights finds recurrent and systemic shortcomings in the UK’s practice of investigating civilian harm caused by its military forces, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. The response of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to alleged extrajudicial executions of civilians in Afghanistan, widespread arbitrary detention and mistreatment

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Strengthened parliamentary oversight needed for UK Special Forces, says new policy brief

September 11, 2024

A new policy brief from the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights calls for urgent reforms to improve accountability and parliamentary oversight of UK Special Forces (UKSF) amid recurring allegations of civilian harm. Accountability for violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes committed by military forces, including Special Forces, is essential to uphold public trust,

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Escalating violations in Syria’s Afrin

May 14, 2024

A year after the region was hit by a devastating earthquake, the human rights situation in Afrin in Turkish-occupied Syria is deteriorating further, finds a new submission to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria by Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights and YASA Kurdish Center for Studies and Legal Consultancy.

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UK war powers convention now devoid of content: New report

April 24, 2024

The constitutional Convention requiring Parliament to be consulted if the UK goes to war has now been emptied of any substantive content, argues a new report published by the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision in January 2024 to commence ongoing airstrikes against Ansar Allah (‘the Houthis’) in Yemen without a

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Iraq: Rise in family-based violence against women linked to conflict

April 16, 2024

An increase in domestic violence against women is closely linked to the legacy of conflict in Iraq, finds a new report by Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights. As a result of conflict violence, women and girls experienced higher rates of physical, emotional and sexual abuse at the hands of their partners – including killings in

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UK & other states must act to prevent further war crimes in Israel/Palestine

October 13, 2023

The UK, the US and other states supporting Israel, and those states supporting Hamas, including Iran, must implement their responsibility to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and to prevent further war crimes, said Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights on the eve of major escalation in the conflict in Israel/Palestine. ‘Again and again in the

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