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29 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, August 29, 2013
...for intervening in Syria. The Panama government has said that the undeclared shipment of Cuban weapons found on board a North Korean ship are a “violation” of UN sanctions against arms transfers to North Korea. Rwanda blocked a joint US-French proposal to impose UN sanctions on two senior commanders in the M23 rebel group in the eastern DRC, arguing that the evidence against the men was weak. In related news, a UN peacekeeper from Tanzania was killed and three others were wounded in an operation with the Congolese army to...15 Aug Scathing GAO Analysis of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report
Each year, pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the Department of State submits to Congress a report on countries’ efforts to eliminate human trafficking. The report divides countries into three tiers, with Tier 1 including countries that have made significant efforts to comply with U.S. law’s minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons, and Tier 3 including countries that have failed to make such efforts. Tier 3 countries risk losing non-humanitarian, non-trade-related assistance from the U.S.; since 2003, full or partial sanctions have been imposed on Burma,...30 Jul Three major challenges the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia faces
...already been established by ordinary tribunals. On the other hand, to guarantee victims’ rights to justice and reparations, the Special Jurisdiction should impose sanctions and order reparation measures in accordance with international standards. To put it simply, the JEP should make sure that reduced prison sentences, suspended sentences and other benefits are not perceived as effectively granting impunity to perpetrators. This is particularly important since, for example, in cases where the JEP considers that the perpetrators’ acknowledgement of their criminal responsibility is complete and comprehensive, it will impose non-custodial sentences,...03 Oct Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Georgia’s President Mikhal Saakashvili has conceded defeated in Monday’s parliamentary elections. Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have softened his stance on military action against Iran, allowing more space for sanctions to take effect until at least mid-2013. The territorial dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is blamed for the decision of major Chinese banks to pull out of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings that are scheduled to take place in Tokyo next week. Ralls Corp, a company owned by two Chinese nationals, has sued President Obama after he invoked national...30 Aug Of Fire and Fury: The Threat of Force and the Korean Missile Crisis
...international peace and security and imposed new sanctions on North Korea. On August 8th, the war-of-words between the US and North Korea escalated. Echoing President Truman’s warning that Japan would suffer “a rain of ruin” if it failed to surrender, President Trump warned that North Korea would be met with “fire and fury” if it threatened the US. Seemingly undeterred, North Korea announced that it was preparing plans to attack Guam, in response to which President Trump took to twitter to warn that “military solutions are now fully in place,...
16 Mar Possible Draft of a Framework Agreement on the Restoration of Peaceful Relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation
...impose comprehensive, universal sanctions upon each of the two parties to this agreement. Application of the resolution will however be suspended. The sanctions will be activated against whichever of the two parties is determined by the Security Council in a procedural vote to have acted in serious breach of sub-paragraph 1 of this Article. (6) The Parties are entitled to develop and maintain their defensive capabilities, and to receive international assistance towards that end. However, Ukraine will not acquire missiles or cruise missiles of a range above 150 km. (7)...18 Nov Lindsey Graham on All Options Open re Iran and Nukes
Tod Lindberg, editor of the Hoover Institution’s Policy Review, reports in the Weekly Standard on a blunt message delivered by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-NC) at a discussion meeting of senior transatlantic policy makers, the Halifax International Security Forum. It’s not a forum that would attract a lot of attention, but the attendees are very senior in transatlantic relations and NATO. Quoting from Graham: Nobody would like to see the sanctions work any more than I would because I’m still in the military [Graham is a colonel in the Air Force...
01 Aug Options for a Peace Settlement for Ukraine: Option Paper XII – A Dynamic Political Settlement: Adapting to the Evolving Post-agreement Context
...in the Ukraine, and their complex interplay, means that any of an infinite number of factors has potential to drastically alter the implementation landscape. One of these factors may be sanctions, in terms of both imposition and relief. It remains to be seen what costs need to be imposed on Russia, and President Putin specifically, to secure meaningful concessions from Russia in peace negotiations, despite the guaranteed loss of face given the unrealistic demands that were issued in the first place. For the implementation phase, questions may arise whether removal...
29 Oct International Law and Popular Culture Symposium: The Sokovia Accords and Popular Culture’s Effect on Perceptions of International Law
...sanctions on the enhanced individuals under Chapter VII, Article 41 of the UN Charter would have achieved the same (or even better) result – the writers could even have written in a wholly new enjoyable sanctions regime. But going down this rabbit hole, while immensely entertaining to lawyers, betrays an expectation that popular culture must accurately reflect the world – and by extension, the legal system it inhabits. Other commentators on this topic have correctly identified that works of popular culture are produced mainly to entertain mass audiences, make a...27 Feb Two Mistaken Defenses of Torture
...is incorrect, although the poor drafting of the statute makes it an easy mistake to make. Again, here is the text of the statute: (1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control; (2) “severe mental pain or suffering” means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from— (A) the intentional infliction or threatened...