On Friday, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney resigned as the United Kingdom’s special envoy for press freedom, saying he had resigned.“Frightened by the government’s efforts to violate international law.
Clooney, in Her letter was sent to Dominic Rabe, the UK’s foreign secretaryShe said she felt “saddened” that Prime Minister Boris Jones had announced plans to override Britain’s international treaty obligations in a withdrawal agreement between the European Union and the UK, popularly known as “Brexit”.
“I am fed up with the fact that the government intends to pass a law – the Internal Market Bill – which, through the government’s own entry, could ‘break international law’ if enacted,” he said.
“Although the government has indicated that violations of international law will be ‘specific and limited’, it is regrettable for the UK to express its intention to violate an international treaty signed by the Prime Minister less than a year ago.”
Clooney, who is married to actor George Clooney, said she still believes in the importance of the ongoing media freedom campaign in the UK and Canada, but clarified that “now it has become impossible for me as a special envoy. Urges other states to respect and enforce international obligations while the UK declares that it does not intend to do so on its own. ”
Richard Keane, the British government’s legal officer for Scotland, resigned on Wednesday, saying he had resigned. His responsibilities as a lawyer with the provisions of the Internal Market Bill “increasingly difficult to reconcile”, According to BBC News.
Last week, Jonathan Jones, the government’s most senior lawyer, Stepped down The ministers prepared the bill for publication.
BBC News has reported On Friday, the EU called on the British government to repeal parts of the law that would authorize the UK to enter into agreements between Northern Ireland and Britain on the movement of goods, as well as subsidies for companies in Northern Ireland.
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