West German Adopts Sanctions Against Syria |
On November 26 a court in West-Berlin sentenced Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi and Farouk Salameh to 14 and 13 years in prison, respectively, for plantina a bomb at the German-Arab Friendship Society in... |
Anke Lilienthal |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Syria |
Sanctions |
U.S. Practitioners Discuss Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 |
On December 4, 1986 legal practitioners gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss the implementation of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-400. The panel discussion was sponsored... |
Louis E. Emery |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Civil Rights |
Appointment of Counsel in Swiss Extradition Proceedings |
On September 2, 1986, Switzerland's highest court, the Federal Court of the Swiss Confederation in Lausanne, issued a judgment determining that a person subject to a foreign extradition request is... |
Clemens Kochinke and Cornelia Beck |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Switzerland |
Extradition |
Grenada P.M. Calls for Police Help from Eastern Caribbean Govts |
Grenada's Prime Minister Herbert Blaize has appealed for police help from the governments of the Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS) due to the worsening law and order situation in Grenada,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Grenada |
Law Enforcement |
EC Accord on Terrorism, Illegal Immigration & Drugs |
On December 5-6, 1986, at its meeting in London, the twelve Heads of State or Government of the European Council, reached agreement on matters of international criminal cooperation. In particular... |
Bruce Zagaris and Cornelia Beck |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Europe |
Terrorism |
Judical Assistance Requests: The Duvalier and Marcos Cases- Two Approaches Toward Switzerland |
Two international judicial assistance cases ocurred in 1986 which serve well to illustrate the legal bases for obtaining assistance from Switzerland. The cases involve the deposed Philippine... |
Clemens Kochinke and Cornelia Beck |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Switzerland |
Adjective Enforcement |
USTR Report Points to Need for Improvements in Cooperation |
The Office of the United States Trade Representative in late November issued a report entitled National Trade Estimate: 1986 Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. |
Anke Lilienthal and Clemens Kochinke |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement |
Customs Exchange of Information Regulations |
In order to strengthen enforcement under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, the U.S. Treasury Department published a final rule on exchange of information with foreign agencies by the Customs Service... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Information Exchange |
Publisher Contends Statute of Limits Bars Foreign Agent Prosecution |
In a case now pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, United States v. McGoff, involving the prosecution of Michigan newspaper publisher John Peter McGoff for failing to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Prosecution |
Iranian Fights Rejection of Asylum Application |
Amir Charmchi remains in a detention center in New York. Federal District Judge Robert W. Sweet is expected to rule on the fate of this 24-year-old Iranian "refugee in orbit" who has twice been sent... |
Peter Brown |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Asylum |
Book Review: Guide to Export Controls by Philip Ray, Jr. |
Guide to Export Controls provides hands-on guidance in the area of export control enforcement. The book can be recommended to anyone practicing in the field, both preventively, i.e. by determining... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Export Enforcement |
Regulation Requires Signature of Exemption Requests under BSA |
On December 17, 1986, the Department of Treasury promulgated a final rule pursuant to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act., 51 F.R. 45108. The regulation incorporates the new Act's statutory amendments which... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
Annual Report of Inter-American Human Rights Commission |
The Annual Report of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR), 1985-86, contains a comprehensive discussion of the IACHR's work, resolutions on individual cases, the status of human rights... |
Cornelia Beck |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Human Rights |
States Agree to Exchange Tax Info with Federal Intelligence |
The Internal Revenue Service in its Manual Transmittal 9781-88 of November 6, 1986 has provided supplemental information on the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) records. EPIC is a multi-agency... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
Decision on Multilateral Assistance Convention Postponed |
In recent weeks discussion has ensued over the OECD/Council of Europe draft Multilateral Convention on Mutual Adminstrative Assistance in Tax Matters (hereinafter "Draft Convention"). For instance... |
Bruce Zagaris and Clemens Kochinke |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |