Dear friends,

Here's a round up of some of the things we've been up to over the last
month:

Call for international accountability mechanism for Yemen

CAAT is among a group of over 60 civil society organisations calling on the
UN General Assembly to establish [1] a new international accountability
mechanism for Yemen - an independent and impartial body that would
investigate and publicly report on the most serious violations and abuses
of international law committed in Yemen. This step is urgently needed in
light of the failure of the UN Human Rights Council in October to renew the
mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts (GEE) on Yemen.

BAE System and Dublin City Council social housing

Following mounting pressure in the wake of an expose in the Irish Times
[2], Dublin City Council pulled out of a deal to lease six family homes
purchased by the pension fund of arms manufacturer BAE Systems. You can
read an op-ed by CAAT on BAE System's role in the war in Yemen, and why
they should have no role in providing social housing here [3].

Saudi Arabia, Human Rights & the Arms Trade

This Sunday (5 Dec 7pm, online) join London CAAT and speakers Madawi
Al-Rasheed (visiting professor at the LSE Middle East Centre) and Andrew
Feinstein (writer of "Shadow World" and former ANC MP) to hear about Saudi
Arabia, the current situation there with regard to human rights & how/why
the UK arms trade is fuelling the war in Yemen.

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Universities and UCU strikes

As campuses have reopened, student activists and the universities network
are back in full swing!

Activists from Disarm Oxford dotted their local campus and city with
posters criticising the university's links to the arms trade. Read more
about this here [5].

We joined Demilitarise Education [6] for a panel at the Student
Sustainability Summit 2021 [7] to discuss the role of war in the climate
crisis, and the complicity of university institutions.

Finally, we joined the UCU picket at Goldsmiths UoL for the National Day of
Action for Palestine, to express our solidarity with striking lecturers and
with the Palestinian cause. You can find out more about the UCU strikes
here [8].

We would not be able to continue our work if not for every donation by
supporters like you, so if you are able, please consider donating to CAAT
[9] so we can continue to fund these vital campaigns. If that is not
possible, please share our work as widely as possible.

Every minute spent campaigning, every pound donated, and every social media
share will support our work and help bring about an end to the arms trade.

Malak Mayet

Campaign Against Arms Trade

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