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25 Sep UN General Assembly Should Allow US to Deny Al Bashir Access
Jordan John: interesting, but I do not agree that he has immunity from a criminal sanctions process that involves custody, transfer, and prosecution before the ICC, especially since there is absolutely no immunity under any international criminal treaty for a head of state (e.g., Genocide Convention, art. IV; Geneva Conventions; CAT, arts. 1, 5-7 -- and the customary international law reflected in each) and Article 27(1)-(2) (which mirrors customary international law with respect to sanctions processes of international criminal tribunals) expressly denies immunity with respect to the ICC sanctions process....
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,...
01 May Can Coastal States Interrupt Foreign Passage in Their Territorial Seas in Response to Non-Compliance with Human Rights Obligations? A Response to the ASCOMARE Legal Opinion
...territorial sea. The UK seized the vessel because it was believed to be transporting Iranian oil to Syria in breach of sanctions responding to international crimes. While this act violated the ship’s (or Panama’s) passage rights under the law of the sea, the law governing countermeasures arguably offered avenues for precluding its wrongfulness. In casu, the British action must be seen within the broader context of Western sanctions then aimed at dissuading the Assad regime from persisting in international crimes and other human rights violations. But this argumentative option is...26 Jan Self-Interest and Compliance
...either had to seek changes to the tax code or face sanctions through the WTO system. The President (and Congress) chose to change the tax code. The cost of non-compliance—trade sanctions with potentially significant economic effects—outweighed the cost of compliance—some companies being upset. These are the “hard cases” when it comes to compliance with international law because the mode of reasoning and decision-making is not primarily legal, but political (or diplomatic). In this form of decision making, the question of compliance is driven by an analysis of power: which is...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...04 Oct Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, October 4, 2012
Blog reports on the four new judges at the European Court of Human Rights, representing Bosnia, Croatia, Moldova and Russia. The UN is likely to hold a debate in November about the status of Palestine and whether to upgrade its current observer entity status to observer state status. In Tehran, Iranian police have clashed with protestors upset with the fall of the rial more than 40% in a week due to Western sanctions. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that these sanctions could be eased quickly with atomic cooperation....25 Aug Emerging Voices: Is the International Community Ready for a “Duty to End Impunity”?
...State responsibility norms to cover an extensive range of accountability mechanisms at the international and domestic level. International Criminal Justice may potentially benefit from the conceptualisation of a duty to end impunity lying with the States and associated with appropriate consequences for the failure to fulfil this duty. It is important to note that this obligation may not only fall upon the States. The Security Council may also have an impact on ending impunity through targeted sanctions and other accountability measures. Due to the limited length of this post, this...