According to a report by rights groups Amnesty International Canada and Project Ploughshares Canada is violating international law by selling weapons to Saudi Arabia.
The report, titled ‘No Credible Evidence’: Canada’s Flawed Analysis of Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia, accuses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of violating the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement that Canada became a party to in 2019.
“It has been established through investigations and expert reports that Canadian weapons exports to Saudi Arabia are contrary to Canada’s legal obligations under the ATT,” the report reads.
Canadian weapons exports to Saudi Arabia totalled $1.05bn ($1.31bn Canadian) in 2020, according to government figures. That was second only to the US and accounted for 67 percent of Canada’s total non-US arms exports.
Weapons exported from Canada to Saudi Arabia, have included light-armoured vehicles and sniper rifles, and they have been diverted for use in the war in Yemen.
Canada violating int’l law by selling arms to Saudis: Report | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera
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