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24 Mar Protecting Children’s Procedural Rights Through the European Social Charter
...State take specific measures to implement the decision. Children concerned by the complaint In the Czech Republic, the age of criminal responsibility is 15 years of age, which is slightly higher than average for countries in Europe. Yet, even though children below the age of criminal responsibility cannot be held criminally liable, they often are partially subjected to pretrial criminal proceedings resulting in concrete sanctions imposed by the juvenile court. These sanctions may even include deprivation of liberty in an “educational correction centre”, “children’s homes with schools” or “psychiatric hospitals”....
02 Dec The Debate Around The Restitution Of Cultural Property: The Limits Of International Law
...thread between their past, present and future as human communities. The works prove the skill level and genius of ancient artisans, whereas they provide important references to understand the traditions and customs of preceding communities. Hence, the preservation of this heritage results in a priority for governments and States affected by looting have enacted patrimony laws in this regard. Three common features can be observed in such legislation: 1) a declaration of property over certain objects, both inventoried and undiscovered, 2) the introduction of export certificates and 3) criminal sanctions....
04 Feb A Reminder of the Importance of the Crime of Aggression: Considering the Situation of Russia and Ukraine
...exception. While there are informal ways to try to “enforce” international law, for example, through economic sanctions, a cursory glance at the situation of Crimea, a victim of earlier Russian annexation, reveals that sanctions are not always capable of changing state behavior. While the crime of aggression (i.e., “crimes against peace”) were prosecuted already in 1945-46 before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, the crime was added late to the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute, in negotiations held after the Court was already operational and able to prosecute its other...12 Apr An Unusual Setback for the New Jersey Nets
...they vetted this deal.” He said the project received tax-exempt bonds. “It’s being financed partly by the taxpayer, and the public has a right to know,” he said. Prokhorov’s Renaissance Capital investment bank has interests in the Zimbabwean stock exchange, banks, a cellphone company, mining and a swanky, private big-game reserve. The company is intertwined with Onexim, the $25 billion Prokhorov-controlled investment fund behind the deal to bring the struggling NBA team to Brooklyn. Pascrell said he will ask the Treasury Department, which oversees the sanctions, to investigate Onexim. In...15 Jul Chemical weapons in Syria – German and Belgian companies complicit?
...and in terms of an EU sanctions they required formal approval before they could be exported. Isopropanol has been on the list since 2013 and diethylamine has been there since 2012. The organisations’ complaint therefore pertains to possible criminal violation of EU Regulation 36/2012 concerning controls on the sale, supply, transfer, or export to Syria, either in a direct manner or in an indirect manner. In the case of the German and Belgium respectively, approval should be obtained from the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control and the Flemish...