The International Enforcement Law Reporter

The International Enforcement Law Reporter is a monthly print and online journal covering news and trends in international enforcement law.

Since September 1985, the International Enforcement Law Reporter has analyzed the premier developments in both the substantive and procedural aspects of international enforcement law. Read by practitioners, academics, and politicians, the IELR is a valuable guide to the difficult and dynamic field of international law.

ICJ Indicates Provisional Measures Against Israel Over the Military Actions in Gaza

Friday, February 2, 2024
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice, delivered its Order on the Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Ukraine in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).

 

International Court of Justice Rejects Most Ukrainian Claims Against Russia over Anti-Terrorism Treaty

Friday, February 2, 2024
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 31, 2024, the International Court of Justice (the Court) handed down its judgment in the case concerning the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).

 

European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Lithuania in Seventh Case of CIA Rendition Program

Friday, January 26, 2024
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 16, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg delivered its judgment in a case of al-Hawsawi v. Lithuania (application no. 4383/17). The case concerns a national of Saudi Arabia who is currently on trial before a US military commission in Guantánamo Bay on suspicion of being a facilitator and financial manager of al-Qaeda. 

Costa Rica Extradites El Salvadoran Charged in 1991 Killing in Virginia

Friday, January 26, 2024
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 22, 2024, United States authorities reported that four days before Costa Rica extradited Jose Lazaro Cruz, 60, to the U.S. where he was charged with responsibility for the death of his former wife in Virginia. This sentence lacks clarity. I would change but do not know the background information.  

EU Council and Parliament Make Provisional Agreement on Anti-Money Laundering Laws

Friday, January 26, 2024
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 18, 2024, the Council and Parliament of the European Union agreed provisionally on parts of the anti-money laundering package directed at protecting EU citizens and the EU’s financial system against money laundering and terrorist financing.

U.S. Arrests Alleged Fraudster on the Canadian Border and Unseals Indictment

Friday, January 26, 2024
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 12, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment charging a U.S. citizen residing in Canada for directing a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme under the name 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle LLC (8FDL, which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has previously enjoined.

U.S. Immigration Court Denies DHS Motion to Terminate Asylum of Former Chechen Militia Member

Friday, January 19, 2024
Author: 
Kenneth Boggess
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 22, 2023, U.S. Immigration Court under Immigration Judge Robert Bartlemay, Sr. denied the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) motion to terminate the asylee status of Isa Isakov, a 51-year-old asylee originally from Chechnya, a republic in the Russian Federation and former de facto state

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