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25 Jun

...exact mechanism do my experimental results support? Eric Posner’s post begins with a provocative question: Does evidence of policy diffusion imply that “international law is weaker than generally recognized”? More specifically, does the fact that states mimic one another inflate our estimates of how influential international law is? I don’t think so. However, diffusion studies suggest that international law might exert its influence through somewhat different pathways than we often emphasize. Individuals comply with domestic laws for a variety of reasons – some are deterred by the possibility of sanctions,...
25.06.13 | |

22 Nov

[Mona Ali Khalil is an internationally recognized public international lawyer with 25 years of UN and other experience dealing with the rule of law and international peace and security efforts including peacekeeping, sanctions, disarmament and counterterrorism.] In the face of a veto by any permanent member of the UN Security Council blocking enforcement action against the mass atrocities in Palestine, Myanmar, Syria and Yemen and elsewhere, is the international community helpless to help – failing to fulfill its responsibility to protect? Proponents of the use of force for purposes of...
22.11.18 | |

17 Oct

South Sudan’s Parliament has ratified a border and oil deal with Sudan, which includes a demilitarized zone between the two states. The EU has placed new sanctions on Iranian oil, gas and tanker companies, the effects of which Iran calls futile. In related news, A NYTimes article describes the impact of European sanctions on Iran’s ability to keep the money printing presses going. Invoking humanitarian reasons, the UK government has blocked the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the United States where he is wanted for hacking into military computers in...
17.10.12 | |

10 Oct

...than those countries with statutory restrictions on free speech that I have worked and organised events at in the past (see here, here, and here, and this collection on Jerusalem that followed a workshop). I am aware this is quite an indictment. As I explain below, the ‘adoption’ of the IHRA definition of antisemitism by many British universities was ideologically driven by the previous Conservative government which threatened financial sanctions against those institutions that refused to adopt it or raised concerns about free speech and academic freedom. The result has...
10.10.24 | |

01 Jul

...our lands”, hours after a ceasefire to allow for peace talks with the pro-Russian separatists had expired. The EU signed a historic free-trade pact with Ukraine on Friday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday. More than 5,000 migrants have been picked up by the Italian navy in the past 48 hours in several rescue operations between Sicily and North Africa. Bosnia has marked 100 years since the murder of Austrian...
01.07.14 | |

04 Apr

...appoint a more diverse tribunal? Such sanctions might risk gamesmanship by creative litigators, proving ammunition to challenge appointments or awards based on any deficits in the constitution of the tribunal. But in the absence of sanctions, what would be the point of adding an anti-discrimination provision? Finally, one may query whether this is an obligation which should solely be imposed on parties. What about the role, for instance, of appointing institutions or party-appointed arbitrators jointly selecting a chair? Conclusion While initiatives to increase diversity in arbitration should be welcomed, there...
04.04.22 | |

16 Jun

...of the Case The applicants are eleven members of the ‘Palestine 68 Collective’, a French organization supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement was founded on July 9, 2005 as a response from Palestinian non-governmental organizations to the Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Israel’s Construction of a Wall delivered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the year before. According to the ICJ, the Wall and the regime of de facto annexation it created was contrary to international law, and in particular international humanitarian law, international human...
16.06.20 | |

12 Nov

...my proposal.) In discussion of my proposals, one commentator has raised the point that my analogies to trade law are not appropriate because in trade, the U.S. Congress does pass legislation to change US law to bring the United States into compliance with ICJ judgments, but only does so in response to the WTO-authorized trade sanctions (i.e. the “SCOO”) against the United States. It’s true that such legislative changes during the WTO era have only come following the SCOOs against the United States. But I would like to think that...
12.11.08 | |

02 Apr

...on Human Rights has accepted jurisdiction in the case brought against the United States by an Algerian man who has been detained at Guantanamo Bay without charges or trial for more than a decade. West African leaders have delivered an ultimatum to the military coup leaders in Mali asking them to leave power by Monday or face economic sanctions At the conference on Syria in Istanbul, the 83 members Friends of the Syrian People group has recognized the Syrian National Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian opposition. The...
02.04.12 | |

14 Apr

...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...
14.04.06 | |

10 Jun

...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...
10.06.17 | |

16 Feb

...and to secure the safe release of hostages, and reaffirms the need for all Member States to cooperate closely during incidents of kidnapping and hostage-taking committed by terrorist groups.” In so doing, it attempts to cut off funds derived from ransom, and reaffirms that UN sanctions prohibit ransom payments to UN listed groups. Fourth, the resolution was drafted by Russia. While Russia’s opposition to intervention in Syria and is well known, this is an example of positive engagement with the situation in Syria. Although the resolution does not authorize intervention,...
16.02.15 | |