North Korea's stubborn proliferation of its nuclear armament and ballistic missiles to deliver its dangerous weapons have triggered an unprecedented alliance of the US and China plus all other major and lesser powers of the world to unite in the imposition of sanctions. Perhaps encouraged by the apparent progress in the denuclearization of Iran's military programs after 10 years of UN and other international sanctions, the Security Council is still hopeful that its peaceful, sanctions-supported strategy will prevail. With Iran, the international community is dealing with the " good" problems of how to dismantle international sanctions in incremental steps over the coming 8-10 years, proportionate to Iran's dismantling of its illegal proliferation program. The first effort towards effective UN sanctions implementation requires the closing of the gapping knowledge and skill deficit so widely observed among pundits, journalists, academics, politicians and many others. The authors of the Practitioner's Compliance Handbook are offering very detailed pragmatic best practices guidance for the implementation of all UN sanctions measures. The Handbook describes the workings of embargoes against conventional and unconventional arms, dual use equipment and even the arcane Catch-All Provisions. The book also explains how the UN's individual travel ban and asset freezes work and what must be done to be in full compliance with these powerful measures. Finally, the ban on the export of luxury items to North Korea, the newest addition to the UN's sanctions toolkit - is fully explored as well. United Nations Non-Proliferation Regimes on Iran and North Korea: Practitioner's Compliance Handbook offers a practical, top-down advise for the establishment of implementation structures for States or for corporations. The book also contains dozens of illustrations, graphics, tables and annexes, and 10 illustrated typographies of sanctions violations, drawn from sanctions buster cases. Finally, a special chapter: Sanctions violations and the applicability of UN conventions for better controls by guest author Professor Nikos Passas, specialist on international criminology and corruption explores the intersection between sanctions and international law.
Marking the 50th anniversary of UN sanctions, this work examines the evolution of sanctions from a primary instrument of economic warfare to a tool of prevention and protection against global conflicts and human rights abuses. The rise of sanctions as a versatile and frequently used tool to confront the challenges of armed conflicts, terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, is rooted in centuries of trial and error of coercive diplomacy. The authors examine the history of UN sanctions and their potential for confronting emerging and future threats, including: cyberterrorism and information warfare, environmental crimes, and corruption. This work begins with a historical overview of sanctions and the development of the United Nations system. It then explores the consequences of the superpowers' Cold War stalemate, the role of the Non-Aligned Movement, and the subsequent transformation from a blunt, comprehensive approach to smart and fairer sanctions. By calibrating its embargoes, asset freezes and travel bans, the UN developed a set of tools to confront the new category of risk actors: armed non-state actors and militias, global terrorists, arms merchants and conflict minerals, and cyberwarriors. Section II analyzes all thirty UN sanctions regimes adopted over the past fifty years. These narratives explore the contemporaneous political and security context that led to the introduction of specific sanctions measures and enforcement efforts, often spearheaded for good or ill by the permanent five members of the Security Council. Finally, Section III offers a qualitative analysis of the UN sanctions system to identify possible areas for improvements to the current Security Council structure dominated by the five veto-wielding victors of World War II. This work will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in criminal justice, particularly with an interest in security, as well as related fields such as international relations and political science.
Marking the 50th anniversary of UN sanctions, this work examines the evolution of sanctions from a primary instrument of economic warfare to a tool of prevention and protection against global conflicts and human rights abuses. The rise of sanctions as a versatile and frequently used tool to confront the challenges of armed conflicts, terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, is rooted in centuries of trial and error of coercive diplomacy. The authors examine the history of UN sanctions and their potential for confronting emerging and future threats, including: cyberterrorism and information warfare, environmental crimes, and corruption. This work begins with a historical overview of sanctions and the development of the United Nations system. It then explores the consequences of the superpowers' Cold War stalemate, the role of the Non-Aligned Movement, and the subsequent transformation from a blunt, comprehensive approach to smart and fairer sanctions. By calibrating its embargoes, asset freezes and travel bans, the UN developed a set of tools to confront the new category of risk actors: armed non-state actors and militias, global terrorists, arms merchants and conflict minerals, and cyberwarriors. Section II analyzes all thirty UN sanctions regimes adopted over the past fifty years. These narratives explore the contemporaneous political and security context that led to the introduction of specific sanctions measures and enforcement efforts, often spearheaded for good or ill by the permanent five members of the Security Council. Finally, Section III offers a qualitative analysis of the UN sanctions system to identify possible areas for improvements to the current Security Council structure dominated by the five veto-wielding victors of World War II. This work will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in criminal justice, particularly with an interest in security, as well as related fields such as international relations and political science.
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