(f) Judicial and administrative sanctions against persons liable for the violations

(f) Judicial and administrative sanctions against persons liable for the violations

During the reporting period, no violations or alleged violations of the sanctions regime were brought to the attention of the Committee.

The Security Council continued to receive detailed information regarding its sanctions regimes from expert groups tasked with monitoring States' compliance and investigating alleged sanctions violations.

Increased criticism or sanctions on the part of the international community in relation to these violations.

Furthermore, the Security Council continues to receive detailed information regarding the implementation of sanctions regimes from mechanisms tasked with monitoring compliance by States and investigating alleged sanctions violations.

Without strong reinforcement of the legal requirements and prompt sanctions for violations, they may well continue this behaviour.

Ambassador Larrain shared his experience as the former Chairman of the Monitoring Mechanism on Sanctions against UNITA and emphasized the importance of supporting allegations of sanctions violations with solid evidence.

Legislative Decree n. 206 2001 (article 20) sanctions violations to its obligations with imprisonment from 2 to 6 months.

Nevertheless, it is true that law can only have an impact if it is effectively applied and if violations are followed by sanctions.

(vii) Ensuring appropriate civil and administrative remedies and criminal sanctions for violations of human rights, as well as effective protection for human rights defenders

Italian Law n. 496 dated 18.11.1995 (article 10) sanctions violations to prohibitions set forth in article 3 with imprisonment from 4 to 12 years.

That the inquiries should cover not only weapons, but also violations of any sanctions, such as those on diamonds and timber, the travel ban and seizures of assets.

Ordinance on Sanctions against Administrative Violations, No.44 2002 PL UBTVQH10, dated 02 July 2002, issued by the National Assembly's Standing Committee, entered into force on 01 October 2002.

(b) To continue to make available to the sanctions committees all relevant information on any alleged violations of arms embargoes and to take appropriate measures to investigate such allegations.

Indeed, France and Germany barely escaped financial sanctions in November 2003 for their violations of the Pact. Although the European Court of Justice later declared that decision invalid, the impasse remains.

Such sanctions may include monetary sanctions.

The Council also encouraged Member States to provide the sanctions committees with available information on alleged violations of arms embargoes and to give due consideration to the recommendations of the related reports.

Sanctions

Sanctions

Sanctions

But it is an illusion to believe that we can combat the dysfunctional politics at the root of grave human rights violations by military means alone, or even by economic sanctions, without fully utilizing diplomacy and persuasion.

Monitoring of sanctions implementation by sanctions committees and monitoring mechanisms, in accordance with relevant Council resolutions, can increase the effectiveness of sanctions.

Sanctions Blowback

We would also wish to hear about various means by which the Council could do more to hold parties to armed conflict accountable for those violations by considering, for example, the imposition of targeted sanctions against such parties.

(b) Sanctions committees provide opportunities for third States affected by sanctions to brief them on the unintended impact of sanctions they are experiencing and on assistance needed by them to mitigate the negative impact of sanctions

(b) Sanctions committees provide opportunities for third States affected by sanctions to brief them on the unintended impact of sanctions they are experiencing and on assistance needed by them to mitigate the negative impact of sanctions

(b) Sanctions committees provide opportunities for third States affected by sanctions to brief them on the unintended impact of sanctions they are experiencing and on assistance needed by them to mitigate the negative impact of sanctions

Sanctions and Solidarity

Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions

Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions

Do Economic Sanctions Work?

No religion sanctions terrorism.

Notification, sanctions and consequences

Administrative sanctions (articles L.

Implementation of sanctions measures

Implementation of the sanctions

Working Group on Sanctions

The sanctions for violations of restrictive measures are foreseen in the Penal Code of Estonia, which stipulates that violation of an internal measure necessary for the application of an international sanction is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or up to 5 years' imprisonment.

In the same connection, the United Nations should, in my delegation's opinion, seriously consider imposing sanctions on all persons who are guilty of serious human rights violations, inciting hatred and violence, obstructing the peace process or violating the arms embargo throughout the country.

Unlike comprehensive sanctions, targeted sanctions tend to have minimal negative effects on civilian populations and third States.

Table 5 Reform programmes for lifting timber sanctions (Committee to Review Sanctions on Log and Timber Trade)

Economic sanctions alone are dubious against the world s most sanctioned country. And threatening more sanctions in the future raises the question of why those sanctions have not already been imposed.

I can speak of sanctions regimes from personal experience, because my country suffered the side effects of sanctions for 13 years and continues to suffer the consequences of those sanctions.

Based on the above, continued monitoring of the arms embargo is necessary to ensure its effectiveness, for the following reasons (a) analysis of trends and patterns provides the Security Council with a perspective and a meaningful understanding of ongoing arms embargo violations and accompanying activities and (b) continued investigations of specific arms embargo violations and those parties involved expose individual violators to possible sanctions.