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Sanctions, Coercion and the Right to Development

Last week, the Trump administration sanctioned four judges of the International Criminal Court, who were subjected to an asset freeze and a travel ban simply for doing…

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Applying the Litmus Test: An Independent Norm Under Customary International Law to Prohibit Secondary Sanctions?

We can witness in real time how the Trump administration is devastating international relations as well as the international legal order. Sanctions form an integral part…

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Punishing Sanctions: A Call to Arms Against Fortress America

Being an international lawyer can sometimes feel like being a librarian in the middle of a riot. You are deeply invested in the idea that there…

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A Tiny Bit of Progress in the Midst of Major Impasse – Revamping the UN Security Council’s Focal Point Mechanism for Sanctions

While the international legal order as we know it seems to be tilting to a more anarchic mode, incremental changes to the UN system of collective security and…

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A customary rule against unilateral economic sanctions of the nature of the Helms-Burton Act? Regarding another (potential) vote in the United Nations General Assembly against the “bloqueo”

Introduction Presumably, in November 2024, within the framework of the General Assembly session, Cuba will once again submit a resolution for a vote emphasising the “Necessity…

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Targeted Sanctions – Enforcing International Norms Through the Backdoor?

Introduction On 10 April 2024, the EU General Court annulled the inclusion of Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman in the list…

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Immobilised Assets, Extraordinary Profits: The EU Council Decision on Russia’s Central Bank Reserves and Its Legal Challenges

On 28 February 2024, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that ‘it is time to start a conversation about using the windfall…

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Collateralising Russia’s Frozen Currency Reserves: A Creative Solution, Playing for Time, or Both?

The past several weeks have seen a new-ish development in the ongoing saga concerning the fate of the Central Bank of Russia’s (CBR) frozen foreign currency reserves.

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Why Denmark Can’t “Block” Dark Tankers

A dangerous proposal is on the table as sanctioning authorities grasp for answers on how to improve enforcement of the Russian oil price cap. The coalition-driven cap aims…

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Sanctions Imposed on Private Investors by the US and the UK in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict: Justifiable as Countermeasures in the Law of International Responsibility?

Scenario and Problems The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continued to elicit international reactions from States beyond the pair at the epicentre of…

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