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04 Apr Guest-Post: Nuclear Trafficking as an International Crime?
...peaceful uses, not that in military programs. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 requires all states to control nuclear materials and commodities (termed “related materials”) and to adopt and enforce civil and criminal penalties against the export, trans-shipment, and financing of transfers that would contribute to proliferation. But the resolution does not itself criminalize such activities, nor does it establish the robust jurisdictional and mutual assistance rules of the nuclear material treaties. Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions on North Korea and Iran establish quasi-criminal penalties (asset freezes and travel bans)...
18 Jul Options for a Peace Settlement for Ukraine: Option Paper X – Addressing Sexual Violence in the Ukraine Conflict
...to funding and assistance for documentation of SVC, and the provision of humanitarian aid and security to victims, and in the absence of Security Council sanctions to target perpetrators, international actors supporting Ukraine can ensure that their own bilateral trade, diplomatic, banking, travel and other sanctions and asset bans on individuals and the Russian state, target perpetrators of sexual violence. The UK, for instance, on 16 June 2022, included sexual violence in sanctions on four Military Colonels from the 64th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade, a unit known to have killed,...20 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Friday, April 20, 2012
...Clinton is calling on the UNSC for tougher sanctions against Syria, even though such sanctions are expected to be vetoed. The EU Parliament has approved a deal with the US on air passenger data sharing that includes tighter restrictions to ensure privacy. EU foreign ministers are set to suspend sanctions against Myanmar for one year. Colombia’s FARC denies any plans to surrender, despite proposing negotiations with government. Tensions further escalate between Sudan and South Sudan as the current Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir has promised to teach its neighbor to...25 Nov Reply to Professor Bartow
...reasonable doubt.” It is hard to see what is left of Butler after Labaye. As for MacKinnon, she has never repudiated the Butler approach. She has merely advocated that civil rather than criminal sanctions be employed to suppress pornography. Of course, civil sanctions can be just as repressive as criminal sanctions. The ultimate incoherence of MacKinnon’s approach is that it seeks to rely on the machinery of the patriarchal state to suppress patriarchal speech. That the actual consequence of her approach was the suppression of gay, lesbian and feminist material...30 Apr NYU/Government of Austria Issue “The UN Security Council and the Rule of Law”
...it is necessary to pass resolutions of a legislative character, respect for them will be enhanced by a process that ensures transparency, participation, and accountability. When the Council contemplates judicial functions, it should draw on existing institutions of international law. (v) Sanctions targeted at individuals have presented a challenge to the authority of the Council: legal proceedings have been commenced in various jurisdictions and there is evidence that sanctions are not always applied rigorously. The Council should be proactive in further improving “fair and clear procedures” to protect the rights...11 Sep On the Theory that ISIL is Al Qaeda
...rather than a collection of terrorist groups/subgroups? If a parent corporation was subject to sanctions, and it opened up a wholly-owned but separately incorporated local corporation that was also deemed subject to sanctions, and then it sold ownership of that local corporation, would the local corporation be subject to sanctions? Perhaps that's not helpful, as sanctions are not equivalent to the use of force, but I would appreciate a bit more discussion of the subject. Jordan Jens: yes, it is phrased with past tense words. Interestingly also, "as he determines."...12 Dec Enforcing the Law and Punishing Syria
...from vetoing any sanctions? My guess is that international opinion and pressure will be so overwhelming that Russia will go along with any punishment against the Syrian state, but that the punishment will be sadly weak. Sanctions are a fairly inefficient tool of statecraft, have little effect (link is to the JSTOR database; subscription required), and typically punish the civilian population more than political leadership (I’ll consider the problem of sanctions in a post later this week). So, for those of you who have faith in the UN and international...12 Apr Iran Joins the Nuclear Club
...United States militarily." However no US military power will be able to contain the chaos and asymmetrical warfare that will engulf the region after the US attacks Iran. FKh: Is there any likelihood of UN Security Council approving any kind of force against Iran? What about Sanctions? JH: I don't think there is any likelihood the UN Security Council will approve any kind of force nor sanctions against Iran. Iran is well within its rights within the NPT to enrich uranium on an industrial scale. The US does not want...15 Aug The Revised Draft of a Treaty on Business and Human Rights: A Big Leap Forward
...welcome addition to the draft treaty because a series of offences catalogued as crimes under international law or for which international law requires criminalization require separate treatment in the treaty, given their serious character and gravity. However, it also raises questions because it would have some overlap with article 6.1 that mandates a comprehensive legal liability system, presumably also including civil, administrative and criminal. The text of article 6.7 is not clearly linked to a clause providing for sanctions or penalties commensurate with the gravity of the offences (which appears...09 Jun A Response to CarrieLyn Guymon by Paul B. Dean
...the problem of WMD proliferation can be appropriately addressed by targeted “emergency” sanctions based on IEEPA authorities, how best to “multilateralize” these targeted sanctions, and whether the U.S. asset blocking program under E.O. 13382 raises Due Process concerns. Rather than attempt a critique, I’d simply like to highlight some aspects of these topics that I think could benefit from further thought. Professor Guymon concludes her post by noting that the executive’s ”judicious use” of E.O. 13382 adequately addresses any concern that an IEEPA national emergency might continue indefinitely. I would...