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#WarInUkraine, #Legal, #Russia #Banking #InternationalLaw
*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
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...pressing his allies to seek ways of tapping into the roughly €260bn of Russian reserves, with the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy next month seen as a key moment to push for progress."
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#WarInUkraine, #Legal, #Russia #Banking #InternationalLaw
*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
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...the courts of another if they do not agree it has jurisdiction over it, say some academics. “It’s a very old and well-established principle, and it’s based on
the idea that all states are equal,” says Webb, a public international law professor at King’s. “Even the world’s superpowers can’t sit in judgment on a tiny island state.”
"#JoeBiden is...
#WarInUkraine, #Legal, #Russia #Banking #InternationalLaw
*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
Via #FinancialTimes
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"...#JoeBiden is pressing his allies to seek ways of tapping into the roughly €260bn of Russian reserves, with the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy next month seen as a key moment to push for progress."
"Any plan to use these assets would test the legal principle of state immunity, whereby no country can be sued by...
The report also noted that “#Israel has not shared complete information to verify” whether #US #weapons have been used in specific incidents alleged to have involved #HumanRights #law violations.
Nevertheless, the report, mandated by President #Biden, deems that assurances Israel provided in March that it would use #US arms consistent w/ #InternationalLaw are “credible & reliable” & thus allow the continued flow of #UnitedStates #military aid.
The #Biden admin has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that #Israel’s military campaign in #Gaza has violated #InternationalLaw, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of #military aid, #State Dept told #Congress Fri.
#LawsOfWar #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #HumanRights #Law #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast #geopolitics #Security
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah/biden-israel-us-weapons-gaza?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
