Independent UN experts are calling for an arms embargo against Israel, stating that exporting countries risk violating international humanitarian law if the weapons supplied are used in the Gaza war, they said in Geneva on Friday. All states must ensure compliance with international humanitarian law as stipulated in the Geneva Conventions, which are binding worldwide. Therefore, no weapons or ammunition may be passed on it can be assumed, based on the previous behaviour of the recipient country, that the weapons will be used in an operation contrary to international law. The UN Human Rights Of…