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22 Apr Options for a Peace Settlement for Ukraine: Option Paper II – New European Security Order
...the proposed future status of Ukraine as a permanently neutral state, and several other issues. Ukraine has demanded that a potential permanently neutral status must be balanced by security guarantees. If they come about, these assurances will most likely be reflected in a declaration or treaty of guarantee involving Ukraine and the guarantor states. Presumably the Russian Federation will seek assurances from the principal states that have imposed economic sanctions as to an agreed programme of sanctions-lifting, in parallel with implementation of the agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine....
09 Aug “All Our Hope Is in the Famine”: Why an Investigation into Starvation Crimes in Ukraine Is Urgently Needed
...of agricultural facilities are directly linked to possible war crimes, other tactics are disguised, e.g. promises to unblock ports and allow grain export from Ukraine in exchange for lifting sanctions imposed on Russia, which would inevitably feed its war machine. The immediate consequences of Russia’s conduct are both internal and external. In Ukraine, while the number of starvation-related casualties is yet to be established, about 10.2 million residents urgently need food and livelihood assistance. The population of a once food-secure country and major grain exporter has, thus, been forced to...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...