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14 Apr Baseball, Doping and International Law
...the Code have to accept the WADA List of Prohibited Substances and Methods . . . . The Code includes articles that are mandatory relating, for example, to sanctions and hearings. Other articles, such as those dealing with consequences to teams, leave some latitude to signatories. The important thing for international lawyers, however, was the fact that the Code was not binding under international law, since many of its signatories lacked the authority to create international legal obligations. At most, it reflected a so-called “soft-law” commitment of states whose governments...10 Jun Dear Secretary Tillerson (and the World Media): Qatar is NOT Under a “Blockade”
...are simply preventing anyone in their territories from traveling to or trading with Qatar. A blockade would mean that the Gulf nations actually used military force to interdict all shipping and flights into Qatar by any nation and through international waters. Israel has essentially established such a blockade of the Gaza Strip, but that has not happened to Qatar (yet). Until that happens, there is no blockade. Why is it so shocking that Secretary Tillerson did not recognize this legal distinction? Because the U.S. frequently engages in economic sanctions of...
09 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Accountability for the Unaccountable? Article 15 Communications Beyond the ICC
...their view of complicity to include the active support, tacit support, and deliberate silences and inaction of other states and political leaders. By engaging in this form of advocacy, the authors of communications might be able to leverage the stigma of international criminal law to influence public opinion and generate sanctions against illegitimate conduct. Extralegal sanctions can include protests, boycotts, and the reputational damage that arises from being named as a person who has allegedly committed an international crime. For politicians, who rely on public support for re-election, the consequences...
26 Jan Much Ado About Nothing
...that’s been our national policy by and large for the past 10 or 15 years,” which is incorrect to say the least. One example might suffice: the Obama administration reacted to the 2016 interference by Russia with economic sanctions, the expulsion of Russian diplomats and conducted covert cyber-operations against Russia. The problem is not a political but a legal one. In that occasion the US government could only commit to retorsions as countermeasures (acts normally illegal but justified if used to bring another State to compliance with international law) were...03 Mar The Crimea, Compliance, and the Constraint of International Law
...economic and diplomatic sanctions. International law frames certain expectations of behavior; international institutions such as the G8, the UN, the WTO, the World Bank and the IMF provide options for enforcing those expectations. And, no, this is not automatic, such sanctions are still dependent on the political will of states. But it is international law that contextualizes and frames that political will and gives a means of persuading other states to coordinate such responses due to a language that goes beyond immediate geopolitical self-interest and gives many states a stake...28 Feb Brazil and the War in Ukraine: Between Apology and Utopia
...five, demands that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders”, calling for a cessation of hostilities. At the same time, Lula has emphatically refused to send weapons in support of Ukraine’s war effort or join into Western sanctions against Russia. In fact, before assuming the Presidency, Lula severely criticised Western sanctions, calling it a blockade: “those who are dying are not those who are in war”, he said. In reality, the “blockade” was “not harming Russians...
19 May Pandemic of Hunger Symposium: Reflections on UNSC 2417 – A Preventative Tool, an Accountability Response, or Both?
...date been briefed on an ad hoc basis, through the submission of confidential White Papers by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), regarding South Sudan in July 2018, Yemen in October 2018, and the DRC, northeast Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen in September 2020. Impact of and recent developments regarding UNSC 2417 UN Action: Resolutions and Mandates Following the White Paper briefing on South Sudan in 2018, the UNSC swiftly passed resolution 2428, imposing an arms embargo, targeted sanctions and recognising the “conflict-induced food insecurity and...15 Sep Weekly News Wrap: Monday, September 15, 2014
...sanctions imposed by the West and the country must react in a level-headed way, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told members of the country’s ruling party, United Russia, on Monday. Ukraine’s defense minister said on Sunday that NATO countries were delivering weapons to his country to equip it to fight pro-Russian separatists and “stop” Russian President Vladimir Putin. Investigators trying to find out who shot down Malaysia Airlines MH17 over eastern Ukraine have recovered 25 pieces of metal from baggage and bodies, which could lead them to the missile believed to...16 Feb Weekly News Wrap: Tuesday, February 16, 2016
...summit intended to improve commercial links and provide a united front on maritime disputes with Beijing. President Barack Obama’s top national security adviser Susan Rice said on Monday that she expects China will support new international sanctions on North Korea for its recent rocket launches. Europe David Cameron fended off changes on Tuesday to a draft deal he has cut to help keep Britain in the EU, as the European parliament said it could not guarantee to pass the reforms. In a European transit camp, women and girls explain why...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...