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19 Aug To Recognize or Not to Recognize – is That Really the Question? On State Recognition Amid Genocide
...obligations States have towards them as a people, and can be a positive step in contributing to the remedying of Israel’s violation of the right to self-determination. Yet with the ongoing genocide, the spectacle of recognition appears to serve not merely as a distraction, but a substitute for existing State obligations, enabling States to pat themselves on the back while the genocide rages on. The obligation to suppress the genocide through all legal means, to prevent war crimes, and to end the occupation, including through sanctions, arms embargos, and expelling...
30 May ‘Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman’: Legal Implications of Threats Issued by U.S. Republican Senators
[Javier Eskauriatza is an Assistant Professor in criminal law at the University of Nottingham School of Law. He is also the Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Research Centre, and the Convener of the Criminal Law and Criminal Justice stream for the Society of Legal Scholars.] On 24 April 2024, twelve U.S. Senators (Republican Party) sent a letter to Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’), threatening him, other Court officials, and their families, with ‘sanctions’ and other less specific consequences if arrest warrants were to be issued...05 Jan Weekly News Wrap: Monday, January 5, 2015
...to the United Nations Security Council a resolution calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state that failed to win enough votes last week. Violence in Iraq in 2014 killed at least 12,282 civilians, making it the deadliest year since the sectarian bloodshed of 2006-07, the United Nations said in a statement. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for curbs on the state’s involvement in business and an end to Tehran’s international isolation on Sunday to help rescue an economy hurt by sanctions, corruption and mismanagement. Asia North Korean leader Kim...
01 Dec The 24th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute: Time to Act
...local legislation that can affirm the immunity and privileges of the Court. In particular for European Union States Parties, their leadership to enact a blocking statute against United States sanctions is overdue. Agenda items related to the report by the Court President, the Registrar, a representative from the Office of the Prosecutor, the International Criminal Court Bar Association, and the Board of the Trust Fund for Victims need to be carefully and actively listened to by States Parties. In each of these reports, each relevant organ or part of the...03 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
On the 30th anniversary of the Falklands Islands/Las Malvinas invasion, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner decried the existence of a “colonialist enclave” in the 21st century as an injustice. At a remembrance ceremony in the UK, UK Prime Minister David Cameron referred to the Islanders’ right of self-determination. According to Kofi Annan, Syria has agreed to a ceasefire starting on April 10. In a follow-up to threatening action against Mali, West African nations have placed trade, economic and diplomatic sanctions on the strife-ridden country. In Senegal, President Mackey Sall...
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)...
19 Nov International Responses to the Obstruction of Humanitarian Aid
...different ways. First, the UN Security Council (UNSC) may take action under its Chapter VII powers to supply relief itself, impose sanctions against the offending actors, or intervene militarily. Second, private aid organizations, foreign states, and international organizations likely may continue to provide assistance regardless of the sovereign’s disapproval with appropriate legal justification. Third, criminal charges may be filed against the individual(s) responsible for disrupting aid if doing so rises to the level of a war crime or a crime against humanity. Finally, another state may sue the offending state...
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...02 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Monday, April 2, 2012
...on Human Rights has accepted jurisdiction in the case brought against the United States by an Algerian man who has been detained at Guantanamo Bay without charges or trial for more than a decade. West African leaders have delivered an ultimatum to the military coup leaders in Mali asking them to leave power by Monday or face economic sanctions At the conference on Syria in Istanbul, the 83 members Friends of the Syrian People group has recognized the Syrian National Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian opposition. The...