The Commons has voted to pass the Overseas Operations Bill, a bill that would allow British soldiers to escape prosecution for war crimes and torture.
A group of MPs led by Jeremy Corbyn defied the Labour Whip over the bill and as the Guardian has reported three MPs are no longer on the front bench as a result.
Freedom From Torture has shared Sonia Sceats’s, associate fellow in the International Law programme at Chatham House, tweet saying this is “disgraceful” and it “isn’t over”.
This move has been criticised by a British soldier and Shami Chakrabarti among others.
This is a damaging prospective blow to justice and challenges the aims of the UN Declaration on Human Rights.
This bill still isn’t yet ratified.
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