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September 13, 2024
Canadian Friends Service Committee and Peace Brigades International-Canada invite you to attend a webinar on the export of Canadian military goods to Israel. The webinar is on Wednesday, September 18, at 2:30 pm Eastern.
September 18 is the six month anniversary of the House of Commons vote to “cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel.”
Despite this success, our analysis suggest that arms manufactured in Canada are still making their way to Israel. As we have shared in the past, Canada’s own laws, based on the Arms Trade Treaty, require that it stop permitting the export of military technology when there’s a substantial risk those exports could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, or commit serious acts of violence against civilians.
This webinar will provide an update on the current situation of arms exports to Israel, highlight Canada’s international human rights obligations, and help build support for Members of Parliament to endorse an arms embargo.
Speakers on this webinar will include Noam Perry of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Action Center for Corporate Accountability and Kelsey Gallagher of Project Ploughshares.
Register for this free one-hour webinar.
Learn more about CFSC’s support for just peace in Israel/Palestine.
