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Article

2 Jun 2014

Author:
Hugo Slim (Univ. of Oxford) & Guglielmo Verdirame (King's College London)

Human Rights Review of G4S Israel Human Rights Report and Legal Opinion Summary of Independent Review

Legal Opinion[:]...[T]he Legal Opinion concludes that the activities of G4S business in Israel are not in breach of international law. The Legal Opinion endorses Prof. Rasmussen’s previous conclusion that there is no case against G4S on the grounds of complicity with alleged war crimes committed by Israel. As for G4S’s alleged non-criminal responsibility under international law, in the absence of an international legal regime governing the responsibility of private corporations, no credible case can be advanced. Even extending to G4S the rule on complicity found in the international legal regime governing the responsibility of States, the company’s activities are such that any risk of responsibility for complicity would be extremely low at worst...Human Rights Report[:] G4S has no causal or contributory role in human rights violations. There is nothing that the company is doing in providing and servicing equipment for the IPS, OCA, Police, MoD or commercial customers that is critical to creating adverse impacts on human rights...There are clearly human rights failings in some parts of Israel’s security system, but G4S’ role is far removed from their immediate causes and impact.

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