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If the UK recognises Palestine does it risk breaking international law?

Senior lawyers criticising Starmer’s pledge have cited the Montevideo convention, which sets out four criteria

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

Chagossians want sovereignty deal to go ahead, says Mauritius legal adviser

A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and negotiate a new one.

Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2025

The assisted dying bill: safeguards are essential to prevent suicide

Letters: The sense of being a burden would be felt the most keenly by the most helpless

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024

Putin claim that Russia funds Wagner group may make it easier to try him for war crimes

Admission that Russia paid 86bn roubles to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries this year is potentially significant, say legal experts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

Yazidi women kept as slaves by IS appeal to UN to intervene in their fight for compensation

Lawyers demand support from Australia for five victims of Khaled Sharrouf in test case for international law on torture survivors

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023