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26 Feb Libya: Did Citizen Evacuations Stand in the Way of Better Policy?
...action — such as imposing the sanctions that were finally put in place last night — pending the evacuation from Libya of U.S. citizens, U.S. diplomats in particular. As always, safety of U.S. citizens is said to be the highest priority in such unstable situations. Apparently, the U.S. embassy compound in Tripoli is poorly secured, with no Marine guards in place to defend. (Vulnerability of nationals in Libya is also now being floated as a reason why other countries are not yet on board with UN sanctions.) That’s a tough...06 Mar Presidential Authority for Visa Restrictions (for Ukraine and Otherwise)
...of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). The power to specify covered individuals is delegated to the Secretary of State. Obama is acting under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which gives the President a blank check...12 Nov After Medellin: A Proposed ICJ Decisions Implementation Act
...my proposal.) In discussion of my proposals, one commentator has raised the point that my analogies to trade law are not appropriate because in trade, the U.S. Congress does pass legislation to change US law to bring the United States into compliance with ICJ judgments, but only does so in response to the WTO-authorized trade sanctions (i.e. the “SCOO”) against the United States. It’s true that such legislative changes during the WTO era have only come following the SCOOs against the United States. But I would like to think that...12 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
...on-going conflict, saying that the recent UN Secretary General’s warning of escalating violence should prompt Security Council sanctions. According to EU officials, Iran has agreed to continue nuclear talks at a summit in Moscow next week. China remains the target of US sanctions against Iranian oil as all other major importers were exempted. Former head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn has appealed the rejection of immunity decision a judge handed down last month. Researchers have found a link between the software used to create the Stuxnet and Flame viruses; the...
15 May The Legality of Uganda’s Military Intervention in South Sudan
...of arms and related materiel as well as ‘technical assistance, training, financial or other assistance, related to military activities or the provision, maintenance or use of any arms and related materiel, including the provision of armed mercenary personnel’ (para 4). The Resolution also provides for a limited exemption regime. States that desire to offer military assistance must apply for exemptions from the Sanctions Committee (paras 5-6). In Resolution 2683 (2023), the UNSC removed the exemption requirement only for the provision of non-lethal military equipment or assistance solely in support of...
14 Apr Not All Aggression is Equal: Why Force for Regime Change is the Graver Breach
...Security Council action. Russia and China drew the explicit lesson from Libya when they blocked Council resolutions on Syria: a civilian protection mandate would be used for regime change. The systemic resonance was immediate and durable. Venezuela (2019-2026) The Venezuela situation traces the full arc of regime-change aggression, from coercive pressure to its logical conclusion. Beginning in 2019, the United States recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s “interim president,” imposed sweeping sanctions designed to collapse the Maduro government’s finances, and made explicit that “all options are on the table,” the standard...25 Jun Linos Book Symposium: Response to Eric Posner and Ryan Goodman
...exact mechanism do my experimental results support? Eric Posner’s post begins with a provocative question: Does evidence of policy diffusion imply that “international law is weaker than generally recognized”? More specifically, does the fact that states mimic one another inflate our estimates of how influential international law is? I don’t think so. However, diffusion studies suggest that international law might exert its influence through somewhat different pathways than we often emphasize. Individuals comply with domestic laws for a variety of reasons – some are deterred by the possibility of sanctions,...
23 Oct Failing the Institution? The Assembly of States Parties’ Management of the Investigation into the Prosecutor
...a time when powerful States have decidedly taken action to end the work of the Court, States Parties seem unfussed by the degree of institutional turmoil this situation has created. Not only is the Office of the Prosecutor’s main administrator on leave of absence, the whole leadership is under sanctions from the Trump administration. More so, the stream of media articles linking or questioning the relationship between the arrest warrants in the Situation of Palestine case and the chief Prosecutor’s alleged misconduct should prompt States Parties to seek clarity, transparency...
30 Oct Options for a Peace Settlement for Ukraine: Option Paper XVI – War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide
...or not any or each of the categories of international crimes of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide have been committed, but rather presents options for solutions for justice and accountability. Some solutions are the same for all three categories of crimes; other solutions apply only to one crime category. This paper will not repeat specific topics addressed elsewhere in this project that may also deal with war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, such as sanctions, children, and sexual violence, or the broader transitional justice options (e.g. truth-seeking...
16 Jun Baldassi and Others v. France: Criminal Convictions of BDS Activists Violate Freedom of Expression under the European Convention on Human Rights
...of the Case The applicants are eleven members of the ‘Palestine 68 Collective’, a French organization supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement was founded on July 9, 2005 as a response from Palestinian non-governmental organizations to the Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Israel’s Construction of a Wall delivered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the year before. According to the ICJ, the Wall and the regime of de facto annexation it created was contrary to international law, and in particular international humanitarian law, international human...