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28 Nov Gareth Evans on the “Dogs that Don’t Bark”: Are regional and international peacekeeping efforts reducing the incidence of war?
The LA Times recently carried this op-ed by former Australian FM Gareth Evans on the successes of preventive diplomacy and peacekeeping (perhaps better described as peacemaking) missions around the world. He cites the Human Security Report 2005 for evidence that the incidence of war is on the decline, and that third-party interventions (diplomatic, sanctions, military deployments) play a large role in the success stories. As Evans notes, one of the problems of measuring success is how to determine the conflicts that were avoided – the Holmesian (Sherlock, not Oliver Wendell)...25 Jan Goldsmith, ICC and Darfur
...that more harm could be done to the value of international humanitarian law by throwing in a referral to the court as a way to garner support for sanctions against Khartoum. Goldsmith says that “even though criminal courts have done little to bring reconciliation to Rwanda or the former Yugoslavia,” or even “deter future crimes,” it is nevertheless “possible that the concrete threat of an ICC prosecution could temper the killings in Darfur without adversely affecting the recent peace deal…” While he seems to recognize that this is a pretty...08 Jun The Laws of the World Cup
...authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed.” Next comes the FIFA Disciplinary Code, which is an extraordinarily complex set of rules regarding everything from doping, to fan conduct, to rules against incitement to hatred. The sanctions that can be imposed are quite interesting, ranging from a warning to a stadium ban to forfeit. An entire article could be written on these obligations and the sanctions that flow from violations. Then there is the FIFA Statute, which as noted...17 Nov Weekly News Wrap: Monday, November 17, 2014
...added he was concerned about the threat of ethnic cleansing. German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday he does not believe tighter sanctions against Russia will help resolve the Ukraine crisis even though Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday the European Union is considering further sanctions. Sweden has confirmed that a small foreign submarine illegally entered its waters last month, though it was still unclear which country was behind the intrusion, officials have said. The British prime minister has outlined plans to seize passports from British nationals linked to...
12 Jun Prize Law Revisited: Between Permission and Regulation
...Venezuela and Iran, to seize enemy and neutral oil tankers and institute forfeiture proceedings against them on the basis of unilateral US sanctions. The blockade issue is complicated by, first, questions over whether some of these vessels qualified as stateless, and second, that the US claims to have imposed a ‘global blockade’, rather than a geographically defined one, as required by international law (San Remo Manual, Article 94). By bringing the issue under the remit of civil forfeiture, rather than the traditional law of prize, the US makes its own...03 Apr Efficient Breach of An Agreement to Publish?
Justice Holmes famously argued that “If you want to know the law and nothing else, you must look at it as a bad man, who cares only for the material consequences which such knowledge enables him to predict, not as a good one, who finds his reasons for conduct, whether inside the law or outside of it, in the vaguer sanctions of conscience.” Holmes was articulating the contractual concept of an efficient breach. If the costs of performance exceed the benefits to all the parties, a breach of contract is...
06 Jun Can War Crimes Trials in Ukraine Convince Russians to Stop Supporting the War?
...of Russia’s aggression and the demand that Russia abide by its humanitarian law obligations. Despite international denunciation of Russia’s aggression and a barrage of EU and U.S. sanctions, 57% of Russians blamed NATO for the death and destruction in Ukraine, 17% blamed Ukraine itself, and only 7% blamed Russia, according to Levada. Levada also found Putin’s approval rating rose from 61% in August 2021 to 83% in March 2022. That Russian public opinion is so much at odds with the way much of the rest of the world views the...