Al-Haq's case is that Britain has an obligation, under international law, not to assist Israel because it says Israel has interfered with the Palestinian right to self-determination, has acquired territory by force and has committed war crimes.

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Opening the case for the prosecution, Helen Law played video footage - filmed by Animal Defenders International (ADI) - which showed the animal being kicked and hit with a pitchfork by staff.

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McCarthy makes a persuasive case for - in this "confrontation against barbarians who make a mockery of the civilizing impulses behind international law" - a new legal paradigm that balances national security interests with due process principles.

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Such was the case of sending al Qaeda- and Taliban-linked detainees to Guantanamo and holding them under the international-law-of-war context similar to prisoners of war - though technically without the same rights, as they were unlawful enemy combatants, along with a lack of meaningful transparency that undermined public accountability.

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