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On target? EU sanctions as security policy tools
to forget that European 'foreign policy' used sanctions from the outset (against South Africa, in the late 1980s) and always waved them as a possible form of political pressure on reluctant interlocutors – whenever positive diplomacy, based on incentives and rewards, failed. Over the years, subsequent 'generations' of sanctions have been enforced – by the international community as ...
Sanctions on South Africa: The Results Are In | The ...
Only occasionally is there a chance to study the results of certain olicies and learn from them. This is the case with the South Africa sanctions and 6 sinvestment debate Bottom Line. The .bottom ...
Counterterrorism and humanitarian action
The study found that sanctions and counterterrorism laws do not prohibit contact or engagement with nonstate armed actors listed as terrorist entities for humanitarian purposes. Instead, most prohibitions focus on whether some form of material support is provided directly or inadvertently to the entity or those associated with it. The main challenge for engagement is in terms of donor ...
Organized Crime Module 4 Key Issues: MoneyLaundering
Article 6(1) of the Convention requires that each State party criminalize moneylaundering. Criminalization not only allows national authorities to organize the detection, prosecution and repression of the offence, but also provides the legal basis for international cooperation among police, judicial and administrative authorities, including mutual legal assistance and extradition.
Never More Necessary: Overcoming Humanitarian Access ...
Syria, South Sudan, and Myanmar: Governments and nonstate actors unapologetically use siege, starvation, ... In some cases, parties have tried to exploit humanitarian action by levying excessive taxes and fees. They also have reduced administrative allowances for organizations to import goods, sometimes requiring permits to move and delaying their issuance. On top of this, onerous reporting ...
Sanctions: Diplomatic Tool, or Warfare by Other Means ...
By M. Shane Smith April 2004 Sanctions are often viewed as an alternative to military force. By punishing an offending party economically, socially, or politically, rather than militarily, those who impose sanctions hope to solve a conflict without the mass suffering and sace required by war. Indeed, sanctions have sometimes been effective, and are widely used.
SANCTIONS ON SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT DID THEY DO?
Although careful studies of economic sanctions have cast doubt on their ... Frequently, advoes point to the case of sanctions applied in the mid1980s against the apartheid regime in South Africa as just such a case. On the face of it, South African sanctions appear to have been successful. In response to the outrages of apartheid, many countries adopted trade and financial sanctions and a ...
Targeted Financial Sanctions
Financial Intelligence Centre of South Africa. This page contains information on Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS), the aim of TFS is to enforce the South African legal requirement for the implementation of TFS and applicable TFS regimes under the United Nations Security Council, Chapter V II, Article 41 of the UN Charter. Please click on the topics below to learn more.
Reserve Bank fines Standard Bank R30m, sanctions on four ...
· Reserve Bank fines Standard Bank R30m, sanctions on four other banks. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has fined five banks, including Standard Bank, and directed them to .
THE LABOUR COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE TOWN JUDGMENT
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Reportable Of interest to other judges THE LABOUR COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE TOWN JUDGMENT Case no: C24/2011 In the matter between: TAXITRUCKS PARCEL EXPRESS (PTY) LTD Applicant and NATIONAL BARGAINING COUNCIL FOR THE ROAD FREIGHT INDUSTRY First Respondent PETER HEATHER Second Respondent SATAWU OBO T CALUZA Third Respondent .
WHEN SANCTIONS VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS
4 Some governments differentiate between "international sanctions" and "autonomous sanctions." International in this case refers to treaty International in this case refers to treaty obligations, such as enforcing European Union or United Nations mandates, whereas autononmous refers to domestic decisions.
Reserve Bank fines Standard Bank R30m, sanctions on four ...
· Reserve Bank fines Standard Bank R30m, sanctions on four other banks. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has fined five banks, including Standard Bank, and directed them to take remedial ...
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Terrorism in South Asia after the Fall of Afghanistan ...
· While most international counterterrorism efforts in South Asia focus on Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, some of South Asia's smaller countries (, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Myanmar) are also a target for alQaeda. The group was linked to the 2019 killing of a Maldivian journalist. Moreover, alQaeda has discussed the treatment of Rohingyas in Myanmar and warns of revenge in case .
BNP Paribas sentenced in billion accord over ...
· BNP Paribas SA <> was sentenced to five years probation by a judge on Friday in connection with a record billion settlement resolving claims that it violated sanctions against ...
Economic sanctions and academia: Overlooked impact and ...
· Financial sanctions are often thought of as the "soft alternative" to armed conflict and are widely used in the 21st century. Nonetheless, sanctions are often criticized for being nonspecific in their action, and having impact beyond their intended remit. One oftenoverlooked area affected by sanctions are academic systems of research and eduion.
Combatting terrorism and terrorist financing
Combatting terrorism and terrorist financing. Sanctions and AssetFreezing (Jersey) Law 2019. The Sanctions and AssetFreezing (Jersey) Law 2019 ("SAFL") is Jersey's principal piece of sanctions legislation. SAFL includes a requirement that funds, financial services and economic resources are not made available to persons or entities ...
The UK sanctions list
· The list also details which sanctions measures apply to these persons or ships, and in the case of UK designations, provides a statement of reasons for the designation. HM Treasury's Office for ...
The impact of Western sanctions on Russia and how they can ...
· In a thorough empirical study of two hundred and four cases of modern Western sanctions, ... The Case of Sanctions on Russia," Institute of International Finance, March 2020, 5. While these effects reinforce macroeconomic stability, they all reduce economic growth. As the IIF concludes: "Partially as a result of sanctions, GDP growth has remained underwhelming for many .
Digital Currencies: Sanctions Evasion Risks
Selected Country Case Studies Venezuela. In December 2017, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced plans to launch a new digital currency, the "petro" backed by oil reserves and other commodities. Maduro stressed the petro would help Venezuela overcome sanctions and provide a fresh infusion of funds to the government. The Venezuelan