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10 Feb

...and the tribunal operates outside of national laws – the judges in each case define the applicable norms and procedures. Decisions by the tribunal are not appealable, and a country faces economic sanctions if it does not comply with its rulings. So after a petition to appear before ICSID filed by 300 organizations in 43 different countries was denied, activists took to the streets. Thousands sent e-mails to corporate executives. Protesters in San Francisco blocked the entrance of Bechtel’s corporate headquarters, and San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a resolution...
10.02.06 | |

02 Apr

...weekend. Relatives of approximately 90 Yeminis held at the US Guantanamo Bay prison are protesting their “very poor” conditions at Gitmo and demanding their release. Arms Control Blog points to a new report about the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran. The UNGA is set to vote today on the Arms Trade Treaty, a week after Iran, Syria and North Korea blocked the adoption by consensus. Following the return of the two Italian marines to India, India’s Supreme Court has removed the order barring the Italian envoy from leaving the country....
02.04.13 | |

21 Sep

...it has built. A senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday that additional sanctions were a possible response to any North Korea missile launch and the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said he favored deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea. Europe With a troubled peace plan for the Ukrainian conflict nearing its deadline, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will attempt a balancing act to reassure Kiev of the West’s support without antagonizing Moscow when he visits Ukraine on Monday. Bitterly-divided European leaders will seek to find...
21.09.15 | |

16 Jan

...Colombia and Fixes a Single Maritime Boundary between Colombia and Nicaragua (.pdf). Senator Ron Wyden, a Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee demanded in a letter (.pdf) to President Obama’s counterterrorism advisor John Brennan that he and other committee members be allowed to review secret Justice Department legal opinions justifying the killing of American citizens in counterterrorism operations. The United States is pushing for more sanctions against North Korea at the UN. China is planning a geographical survey of the contested Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The...
16.01.13 | |

26 Oct

...crime, there must somewhere be a criminal or else it is merely a series of unfortunate events; if there is a criminal, he or she did not act alone, because these agents acted under instructions from a principal. So this is my concern: If it is politically unrealistic to consider going after Barack Obama and Harold Koh and Leon Panetta and Joe Biden, et al., and that is the reason for not pursuing criminal sanctions that follow upon criminality, well, one has to wonder when it will be politically realistic....
26.10.10 | |

07 Mar

...sufficient number of centrifuge machines to acquire large-scale production capacity, it will kick out the IAEA inspectors and begin rapid production of weapons-grade uranium. In light of the threat that an Iranian nuclear weapons program would pose, the United States must not allow this scenario to unfold. In the near term, it makes sense to pursue negotiated solutions, and to work through the U.N. Security Council to continue application of sanctions. If, however, Iran continues to expand its uranium enrichment capacity, the United States should launch a preemptive strike to...
07.03.07 | |

21 Sep

...the Senate as a treaty. Much depends on exactly what the agreement purports to do. If the agreement actually contains a commitment by the U.S. to “not be the first to use cyberweapons to cripple the other’s critical infrastructure”, than it is much closer to the traditional kinds of arms control agreements that have usually been approved under the U.S. system as treaties. Unlike the Iran Nuclear Deal (which is mostly about lifting economic sanctions), the U.S. would be committing to refraining from using certain weapons or from exercising its...
21.09.15 | |

17 Sep

China announced today it has requested consultations with the United States over the imposition of U.S. duties on certain Chinese paper products. This is WTO-speak for: “We’re filing a lawsuit”. This marks the first time China has ever used the WTO dispute settlement procedures on its own (it joined in Europe’s suit against the U.S. steel tariffs). The robust U.S-China trade relationship has hit a few bumps in recent years, and the new relatively anti-trade Democratic Congress has made things worse by threatening all sorts of nasty sanctions against China....
17.09.07 | |

07 May

...Israel The Palestinian-African solidarity movement The (paradoxical) role of international law in anti-colonial struggles  The impact of international law on African domestic policies regarding Palestine How international law has shaped African countries’ responses to the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian struggle for liberation  Legal and diplomatic measures taken by African countries at the AU, UN, and other regional and international fora  Boycott, divestment, and sanctions as a strategy to challenge Israeli occupation The profound emotional, psychological, and phenomenological toll of the ongoing oppression faced by Palestinians and Africans  The resistance...
07.05.24 | |

20 Jun

After a over a week of negotiations, Mali has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Tuareg rebels who have occupied the northern city of Kidal. The UK Supreme Court has held that sanctions imposed on the Iranian Bank Mellat are invalid because they were imposed through a secret court. The US Treasure Department has strongly criticized the decision. Britain’s attempt to include Hezbollah’s armed wing on the EU terror blacklist has for the second time failed to gain the required unanimity. The preliminary peace talks between the US and the...
20.06.13 | |

24 Sep

...over 2,860 people have died at sea trying to get to Europe this year alone. Suspending carrier sanctions and issuing humanitarian visas would largely prevent the need for those seeking refuge to make dangerous journeys. – respect and protect the human rights of those seeking refuge once they are in Europe, including by enabling them to access asylum procedures or ensuring safe passage to countries where they wish to seek international protection. – immediately suspend Dublin returns of asylum-seekers to their first point of entry, but ensure that its rules...
24.09.15 | |

19 Jan

...that the US and Al-Qaeda were at war at the time of the attack on the USS Cole. Kristen Boon compared sanctions by the UN Security Council with those imposed by regional organizations, particularly the African Union and ECOWAS, who are becoming increasingly active. Further on Africa, Deborah asked whether, under international and domestic law, the US could engage in armed drone strikes to assist the French intervention in Mali. We also had two guest posts this week. Peter Margulies provided a guest post summarizing the debate on targeted killing...
19.01.13 | |