"The closure of the international humanitarian law cell means that funding for the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project, run by the Centre for Information Resilience, will also end. This project has been crucial in documenting incidents in Gaza since the war began in October 2023."
"CIR's work included open-source monitoring of incidents in occupied Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon, with a database containing verified information about roughly 26,000 incidents across the Middle East, which has aided decision-making in previous months."
"An FCDO spokesperson indicated that the government department would retain access to CIR research it had funded, but the loss of the project could significantly impact the monitoring of international humanitarian law in Gaza."
The UK Foreign Office's international humanitarian law cell has shut down amid funding cuts, impacting the documentation of potential war crimes in Gaza. The closure affects the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project run by the Centre for Information Resilience, which has conducted extensive investigations and maintained a database of incidents. An FCDO spokesperson stated that the work would continue through a different team, but the loss of funding may hinder access to critical information previously used for decision-making regarding international humanitarian law.
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