With reference to Ron Pearse’s letter Cut the UK some slack (Watford Observer, October 9), I am afraid that he needs to check his facts before going to print.

The European Court of Justice has jurisdiction over EU member states that are active in areas related to EU law, while the International Court of Justice at the Hague is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

The International Court of Justice at the Hague considered a complaint by the United States in 1980 that Iran was detaining American diplomats in Tehran in violation of international law, for example.

His statement that the the “UK has not broken the real international law as defined by the Hague Convention” is therefore utter nonsense.

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Also, what does he mean by the term the Hague Convention? Does he mean the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, which were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in international law, for example?

Clearly, Mr Pearse did not read my letter properly, in which I stated that the UK Government did not have to break International Law, as there is a safety net in Article 16 of the Withdrawal Agreement.

Finally, Mr Pearse does not seem to understand that breaking the law is breaking the law, no matter that he personally, judges it a “small” infringement.

John Maguire

Rickmansworth Road, Watford