Q? for Lawyers - Sanction busting
Discussion
Following the Galloway thread if companies or individuals took advantage of the oil for food programme in Iraq, or some other programme where they could make huge amounts of cash, to what jurisdiction do they answer to?
The Hague?
The UN?
The UK?
The USA?
The EU?
WHO?
Also if Galloway is guilty of something, and his "evidence" suggests that others may be guilty, who is in charge of investigation and prosecution?
The Hague?
The UN?
The UK?
The USA?
The EU?
WHO?
Also if Galloway is guilty of something, and his "evidence" suggests that others may be guilty, who is in charge of investigation and prosecution?
Not the Hague - the ICC is there to deal with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The UN has no criminal jurisdiction. It can only pass resolutions against nation states.
If it is against the law to do something in the UK or for a UK citizen to do something, then the UK will have jurisdiction.
The same goes for the US, but they take a rather more aggressive view of the scope of their jurisdiction. They have the Trading with the Enemy Act to deal with countries with whcih the US is at war. Other illegal trade in breahc of sanctions is dealt with by he Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The EU has no criminal jurisdiction.
Neither does the WHO.
Essentially, it comes down to individual countries to enforce international sanctions.
The UN has no criminal jurisdiction. It can only pass resolutions against nation states.
If it is against the law to do something in the UK or for a UK citizen to do something, then the UK will have jurisdiction.
The same goes for the US, but they take a rather more aggressive view of the scope of their jurisdiction. They have the Trading with the Enemy Act to deal with countries with whcih the US is at war. Other illegal trade in breahc of sanctions is dealt with by he Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The EU has no criminal jurisdiction.
Neither does the WHO.
Essentially, it comes down to individual countries to enforce international sanctions.
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