We are aware of more and more reports and testimonials that the Trump Administration and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are considering designating the Houthis in Yemen as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Such a
In a report submitted to the UN General Assembly in mid-October, Alena Douhan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, found that unilateral sanctions
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 27, 2020 issued General License 8 “Authorizing Certain Humanitarian Trade Transactions Involving the Central Bank of Iran” and related FAQs in conjunction with the formalization of the Swiss
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, wrote a new report (A/75/337) which is an unambiguous call for the UN and its
by Kay Guinane Nineteen years ago today – Sept. 23, 2001- President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13224, an emergency declaration responding to the 9/11 attacks that relied on sanctions authorities in the International
On June 15, 2020, the Charity & Security Network (C&SN) partnered with the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) to explain how U.S. sanctions impede human rights
A new online toolkit from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) will help operational organizations identify counterterrorism risks so that they can manage and mitigate them. The Toolkit for Principled Humanitarian Action also “aims to make
A working paper from the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly summarizes previously published recommendations to protect principled humanitarian action impacted by counterterrorism legislation. The paper, Desk review of relevant
A partial fix to the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) was enacted as part of the 2020 omnibus budget legislation, signed into law in December 2019. The amended language, included as Section 903 of the
The Task Force on Humanitarian Access, co-chaired by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Todd Young (R-IN), released Denial, Delay, Diversion: Tackling Access Challenges in an Evolving Humanitarian Landscape on Sept. 18. The Task Force, launched by the Center
