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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...
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...24 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
...perform its nuclear test. Reports are emerging of women being raped in Northern Mali by Tuareg rebels. The UN Security Council has called for constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, following the April 12th military coup. Turkey says Israel is not welcome at the NATO summit. Myanmar activists are critical of the EU’s decision to suspend sanctions and are urging the US to press for more reforms before suspending or lifting its sanctions. The US Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization is sceptical that ICAO’s Assembly will be able to reach...04 Jan The End of Russia´s Hybrid War against Ukraine?
...and that “Russia has de facto expanded its military aggression against Ukraine to the sea.” In the same statement, the MFA urged Ukraine´s “allies and partners to take all necessary measures to deter the aggressor, i.a. by applying new and strengthening existing sanctions, as well as by providing Ukraine with military assistance to protect its territorial integrity and sovereignty within the internationally recognized borders.” Russia´s Hybrid Use of Force against Ukraine It appears that the particular provision in the 1974 Definition of Aggression that Ukraine´s MFA referred to was subparagraph...30 Apr Tariq Aziz’s Trial Begins
...gone on trial in Iraq on genocide charges, accused of approving the execution of scores of business people while the country was under economic sanctions. He has been in US custody for the last five years and if he is found guilty, he could face death by hanging. The 72-year-old entered the courtroom with a walking stick, looking frail and weak. He and seven others are on trial for executing 42 Baghdad merchants in 1992, who were accused of raising food prices at a time when Iraq was facing stiff...24 Oct The Analysis of the ICJ Order in the Case Concerning “Alleged Violations of the Treaty of Amity” (Iran v. US): Who Is the Real Winner?
...of the United States participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), leading to the re-imposition of sanctions lifted or waived in connection with the JCPOA on Iran. The United States president indicated that this decision was made due to some violations of the JCPOA by Iran, including the public declaration by Iran that it would not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to have access to military sites and the two-time violation of the JCPOA’s heavy-water stockpile limits by Iran in 2016. Accordingly, he announced that the...06 Mar Iran Nuke Review Act Does Not Actually “Require” a Vote of Congress
...the lifting of sanctions for 60 days. During that 60-day period, Congress could vote on the bill, or it could choose not to do so. Silence would allow the sanctions to be lifted after the 60 days. So it is not quite right to say, as the WSJ does, that the proposed law would “require a vote of Congress.” Still, it is quite likely that Congress would vote, and at least this bill would give them the opportunity to do so. If the bill passes, and a veto fight breaks...
06 Sep The Occupation is Illegal. Now What?
...for example, the EU progressively imposed measures against Russia, including asset freezes and visa bans targeted on certain individuals, in addition to diplomatic, sectoral and economic sanctions, and the suspension of Russia from the G8. These organizations can use General Assembly resolutions as a springboard. Individual Action While cooperation is encouraged, states have an individual obligation to bring the breach to an end. As the ICJ mentioned in the Bosnia v. Serbia case, if all states acted individually “the combined efforts of several States, each complying with its obligation to...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 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...