Amal Clooney has resigned as special envoy on media freedom for the UK government: "It has now become untenable for me, as Special Envoy, to urge other states to respect and enforce international obligations while the UK declares that it does not intend to do so itself."
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Clooney pointed out in her resignation letter that she received no assurances from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab that any change of position is imminent, so she did not see other option but stepping down.
Her letter contains two warnings:
- Breaching international law would "fatally puncture people's faith in our justice system", and
- "It threatens to embolden autocratic regimes that violate international law with devastating consequences all over the world."
And this: "Although the government has suggested that the violation of international law would be ‘specific and limited’, it is lamentable for the UK to be speaking of its intention to violate an international treaty signed by the Prime Minister less than a year ago."
Clooney is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialised in international law and human rights. She was appointed as special envoy in April last year, with the mission of advising the then Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on global media freedom.
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