The Copenhagen Court dismissed on Friday a lawsuit of four humanitarian organizations accused of Denmark of violating international law by exporting military equipment to Israel. Informed AFP, writes TASR.
Supreme Court appeal
The Palestinian human rights group Al-HAK and Amnesty International, Oxfam and Actionaid Denmark said they will appeal against the decision in the Danish Supreme Court.
Last year, four organizations filed a lawsuit against the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the police claiming that there is a risk of using Danish military material, namely the components of the F-35 aircraft, to “commit serious crimes against civilians in Gaza”.
Israeli fighters F-35
The Danish media Danwatch and Information revealed in 2023 that the Israeli F-35 fighters were equipped with the components of the Danish company Terma.
According to AFP, the court stated in the verdict that “the applicants cannot be regarded in case of concerned in such a direct, individual and specific way to meet the general conditions of Danish legislation on the right to bring an action”.
Actionaid Denmark Secretary General, Tim Why, said in response that this decision means that there is no one in this case who could examine the compliance of the international conventions by the Danish government. “We think it’s a very dangerous precedent,” he told AFP.
The opinion of the Danish government
“The Danish attitude towards export control, even in connection with the F-35 program, is in accordance with the valid EU law and international law,” the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in an opinion.
They filed a lawsuit in Denmark in March 2024 after a similar lawsuit of humanitarian organizations in the Netherlands. Last December, the court dismissed the requirements of propalestinian groups for a complete ban on exporting goods used for military purposes to Israel.
