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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...21 Jun Forced Landing of a Passenger Plane: Law and Politics Behind the Ryanair 4978 Flight from Athens to Vilnius: Part I
...while in reality none was found. On the other hand, a Byelorussian oppositionist and his girlfriend, who were among the passengers, got detained during the ‘security operation’. The whole affair turned into a diplomatic scandal, accusations of Belarus breaching international air laws, the suspension of flights through the Belarusian airspace linked with the suspension of operating permits for Belorussian national carrier Belavia as well as economic and person-targeted sanctions. Was the diversion of the Ryanair plane by the Belarusian army in accordance with international law? The paramount question surrounding the...01 Jan Divesting Federal Foreign Affairs Power? The Sudan Accountability & Divestment Act
...efforts to bring about significant improvements in the conditions in Sudan through sanctions against the Government of Sudan and high level diplomatic engagement and by supporting the deployment of peacekeepers in Darfur. This Act purports to authorize State and local governments to divest from companies doing business in named sectors in Sudan and thus risks being interpreted as insulating from Federal oversight State and local divestment actions that could interfere with implementation of national foreign policy. However, as the Constitution vests the exclusive authority to conduct foreign relations with the...01 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Monday, April 1, 2013
Kenya’s Supreme Court has upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s election as president. Although there were some riots over the weekend and five were killed, the situation in Kenya is described as calm but tense. North Korea has described its nuclear weapons program as the nation’s life, and has vowed to continue it despite the international sanctions. South Korea, meanwhile, has vowed a swift response to any provocation by the North and the US has deployed more radar-evading fighter jets. French-supported Malian forces are fighting Tuareg rebels in the north of Mali after...26 Jan Weekly News Wrap: Monday, January 26, 2015
...a recent Senate report. A group calling itself “Official Cyber Caliphate” said it hacked the official website of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, but the airline said its data servers remained intact and passenger bookings were not affected. North Korea on Friday demanded the lifting of sanctions, imposed by South Korea after a 2010 attack on one of its naval vessels, as a condition for resuming dialogue. Europe Spain will start talks with the United States about further increasing the number of U.S. troops at an air base in the south...
11 Aug Symposium on Prosecuting Asia-Pacific Crimes: Victim Centrality and Accountability in Sri Lanka
...by Resolution 60/1 that was adopted in 2025, to be reviewed in September 2026 and September 2027. In addition to the UNHRC, attention has also been directed toward the use of sanctions and accountability. These have resulted in several cases where former heads of state and military officials faced travel sanctions, resulting in them and their families being unable to travel to countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. These and other steps at the international level have occurred when no genuine steps towards addressing accountability...28 Jan Torts over Torture
...coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. The US Torture Statute (18 USC 2340) is similar: “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to...27 Mar Posner and Sykes Book Symposium: Comments by Steve Charnovitz
...term (p. 282). The books states that sanctions are measured by “substantially equivalent” trade concessions (p. 283), but does not explain where the term “substantially” comes from as it is not a term from the treaty or the jurisprudence. In addition, the book posits that the WTO dispute system provides gap fillers for an incomplete bargain that approximate what WTO members would have negotiated had they been able to address the contingency in the treaty text (p. 284). But the book fails to note that the WTO judges do not...