Two of the incidents involved Saudi Arabia, the top destination for Canadian arms exports, and one of the worst violators of human rights on the planet. [...] In September, a Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, mandated by the United Nations Human Rights Council, issued a report that confirmed not only the pattern of human-rights abuses by all parties to the conflict, but also the role that Canada and other arms exporters to the warring parties have played to perpetuate the crisis. [...] The case of Canadian weapons being diverted to the conflict in Libya is particularly troublesome, as this also constitutes a breach of the almost decade-old UN arms embargo against that country. [...] As such, the government of Canada is obligated under international law to stem the illicit diversion of weapons systems, which would indisputably apply to the case of Turkey. [...] To satisfy its obligations under international law, the government of Canada should move to fully cease the further export of such weapons systems to Turkey, or run the risk of non-compliance with the international arms control frameworks it has voluntarily acceded to.
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