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UN Secretary General Releases Statement on International Humanitarian Law and Artificial Intelligence: Using the Past to Prepare for the Unknowable Future |
On March 25, 2019, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres released an official statement to the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons... |
Evan Scheicher |
35 |
6 |
2019-05-31 |
Russia, United States |
International Organizations |
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U.S. Files Charges against Russian, Ukrainian Defendants for Role in Illegal Trading Scheme |
Federal authorities have filed charges against eight individuals, several of whom are of Russian or Ukrainian nationality, for hacking into a government database as part of an illegal trading... |
Zarine Kharazian |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-08 |
Russia, Ukraine, United States |
Cybercrime, Securities Exchange Commission, Securities Law |
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U.S. Indicts Turkish Bank for Multibillion-Dollar Iranian Sanctions Evasion Scheme |
On October 15, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that an indictment was returned, charging Túrkiye Halk Bankasi A.S (“Halkbank”) in a six-count indictment with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
10 |
2019-10-17 |
Turkey, United States |
Fraud, Money Laundering |
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Trump Administration Concludes Migration Enforcement Accords with Guatemala and Mexico |
On June 1, 2019, Kevin K. McAleenan, the acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), signed a two-year agreement with Guatemala to send up to 80 homeland security agents to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
6 |
2019-06-22 |
Guatemala, Mexico, United States |
Immigration |
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Stripping Citizenship, States Struggle to Confront Foreign Fighters |
On February 19, 2019, Shamima Begum heard the news. While nursing her newborn son at a Syrian refugee camp, her family – contacting her from the UK – informed her that they had received... |
Alex Psilakis |
35 |
3 |
2019-03-01 |
France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States |
Human Rights, Terrorism, United Nations |
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Power Struggle Continues Between Judges and the Prosecutor Prosecutor at the ICC in the Mavi Marmara Incident |
On September 2, 2019, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC or the Court), with Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa presiding, delivered its judgment and rejected the appeal of the... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
11 |
2019-11-12 |
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International Criminal Court |
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President Wins Appeals Court Case on Emoluments and Loses One in the District Court |
Two conflicting decisions have been issued with respect to the suits against United States President Donald Trump for violating the emoluments clause. On July 10, 2019, the United States Court of... |
Alex Psilakis and Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
7 |
2019-07-19 |
United States |
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Pursuing Extradition of Hassan, Germany Stands Strong on Human Rights |
On February 23, 2019, the German publication Der Spiegel reported that Germany asked Lebanon to extradite Jamil Hassan, a former high-level official in Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime. Hassan... |
Alex Psilakis |
35 |
3 |
2019-03-16 |
France, Germany, Syria, United States |
Crimes against Humanity |
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PREPARING FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S EXODUS FROM THE ICC: THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES BILL |
In June 2015, the International Criminal Court (ICC) demanded that the government of the Republic of South Africa arrest Omar Al-Bashir,[1] the now-deposed President of the Sudan, who at the... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras and Gino J. Naldi |
35 |
12 |
2019-12-03 |
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International Criminal Court |
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HSBC Swiss Branch Agrees to Pay Belgium €294.4 Million to Settle and Former HSCB Chief Pleads Guilty |
On August 6, 2019, the Swiss branch of HSBC agreed to pay €294.4 million (US$330 million) to end a Belgian criminal investigation into tax fraud, money laundering, and provisions of illegal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
8 |
2019-08-12 |
Belgium, Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Tax Enforcement |
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The Mediterranean Migration Crisis: Highlighting the Gaps Between International Law and Justice |
The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED) was established as part of an “EU comprehensive response to the migration issue.” In March, “the Operation... |
Evan Schleicher |
35 |
4 |
2019-04-19 |
European Union, Libya |
Human Rights, International Organizations |
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Chinese Businessman Waives Extradition from N. Zealand to Australia for Tax Charges |
On August 30, 2019, Li Zhang, 56, who was living undetected in New Zealand, waived extradition and agreed to voluntarily return to Australia to face charges concerning an alleged multimillion-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
9 |
2019-09-03 |
Australia, China |
Extradition |
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EIA Releases Report Showing Illegal Logging and Wood Trade by Chinese Company in Congo and Gabon |
On March 25, 2019, the Environmental Investigation Agency, after four years of investigating the logging sector in Congo and Gabon, released a report and accompanying video, Toxic Trade:... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
5 |
2019-05-03 |
China, Congo, European Union, Gabon, United States |
Bribery, Corruption, Financial Crimes, Wildlife |
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OSCE Reports on Impact of Cross-Border Counter-terrorism Operations on Human Rights |
In January 2019, the Civic Solidarity Platform’s Counter Terrorism Working Group, coordinated by Fair Trials and the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, released a report focusing on the impact... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
1 |
2019-01-18 |
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U.S.-El Salvador Sign Agreement to Force Asylum Seekers to El Salvador |
On September 20, 2019, the United States and El Salvador governments signed a Protection Cooperative Agreement.[1] The Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Kevin... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
10 |
2019-09-25 |
El Salvador, United States |
Immigration |
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South Africa Decides to Extradite Former Finance Minister to Mozambique Rather than the U.S. |
On May 21, 2019, the South African Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Michael Masutha announced that his government intended to extradite Mozambique’s former finance minister... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
6 |
2019-05-31 |
Mozambique, South Africa, United States |
Corruption, Extradition |
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ICC Releases Gbagbo and Blé Goudé on Conditions |
On February 1, 2019, the Appeals Chamber (AC) of the International Criminal Court (ICC or Court) unanimously ruled that conditions are to be imposed on Mr. Laurent Gbagbo and Mr. Charles Bl... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-08 |
Ivory Coast |
Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court |
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Two of Giuliani’s Associates Arrested on Charges of Campaign-Finance Violations |
On September 20, two of Rudy Giuliani’s associates were about to leave the U.S. with one-way tickets when they were arrested outside of the Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia... |
Alexandra Haris |
35 |
10 |
2019-10-18 |
Russia, Turkey, United States |
Corruption |
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OECD and IBA Issue Report on Proper Roles of Lawyers and International Commercial Structures |
On May 31, 2019, the International Bar Association and the Secretariat of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development published a Report of the Task Force on the Role of Lawyers and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
7 |
2019-06-28 |
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Due Diligence, OECD |
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Estonia Orders Danske Bank to Close Operations and Investigates Allegations Linking Swedbank with Dankse Transactions |
On February 19, 2019, the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (FSA) gave Danske Bank 20 days to submit an action plan to close its local branch within eight months. In December, Estonian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
3 |
2019-03-01 |
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, United States |
Corruption, Money Laundering |
