An investigation into UK arms exports to Bangladesh finds no conclusive evidence that British equipment was used during the country’s deadly 2024 uprising, but identifies troubling questions over helicopter components, unlimited-value licences, and the UK’s continued support for a government it had publicly criticised on human rights grounds.

This briefing examines Elbit Systems’ role as a major supplier of military equipment used by Israel in Gaza, explores allegations concerning potential links between its products and alleged violations of international humanitarian law, assesses claims regarding the involvement of its UK subsidiaries in Israeli military supply chains, and considers the implications of applying terrorism legislation to Palestine Action activists who targeted Elbit facilities.

n Al Jazeera investigation found that military-related goods from at least 51 countries continued to enter Israel throughout the Gaza war, despite international legal warnings and growing scrutiny over civilian harm in Gaza.

The UK’s plan to interdict suspected sanctions-evading tankers risks stretching maritime law beyond its established limits, raising questions about legality, precedent, and long-term strategic cost.

A practical guide to how journalists and lawyers can work together to document atrocities, preserve evidence and turn reporting into material that can support accountability in court.

Here AOAV examines how Britain’s historic and contemporary military involvement, arms exports and strategic alliances across the Middle East have linked the UK, directly or indirectly, to conflicts and alleged human-rights violations across the region.

Here AOAV contends that the UK, in coordination with Israeli legal actors, has developed a legal and diplomatic framework that limits the risk of war crimes accountability for Israeli officials and associated personnel on British soil.

Britain’s defence partnership with the United Arab Emirates, encompassing arms supply, joint facilities and technical support, has tied UK policy to a key regional ally whose role in conflicts from Yemen to Sudan raises mounting concerns over indirect complicity in civilian harm and embargo violations.

When investigations exist to shield institutions rather than scrutinise them, impunity becomes policy

Britain has not fired a shot at Iran. But its bases, its jets and its diplomatic cover have made America’s campaign possible.

The US attack on Venezuela marks another decisive breach of the international rules-based order, signalling a world in which power increasingly overrides law and civilians bear the cost.

Donald Trump’s boast of striking a “drug boat” off Venezuela exposes how America’s border has become a theatre of lethal sovereignty, where the state redefines law through violence and turns open seas into instruments of exclusion and death.