DW: UN court orders US to ditch Iran sanctions
The International Court of Justice has ruled that US sanctions on "humanitarian" goods must be dropped immediately. The US has contested the right of the court to intervene in matters between Washington and Tehran.
The United Nations' top court on Wednesday ordered the United States to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods to Iran.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling is a blow to the Trump administration, which withdrew from the 2015 international nuclear accord in May and reimposed sanctions on Iran.
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The ridiculous aspect of the ruling is there is no finding of injury to Iran. Iran is perfectly able to source all the food and medicines it requires from other countries around the world. The USA isn't blockading Iran's ports after all.
ReplyDeleteICJ is a perfect symbol of multilateralism. It has no jurisdiction in Iran nor the USA. Its writs are unenforceable. It has no bailiff. It does nothing while its employees are richly compensated, a nice spoils system.
"It has no jurisdiction in Iran nor the USA."
DeleteFunny, US law has no worldwide jurisdiction - but it tries to enforce it worldwide anyway,just like we see here with US sanctions against Iran.
"Its writs are unenforceable. It has no bailiff."
Aw shucks, I guess the US sanctions against Iran are unenforceable then. US writs are unenforceabke in Iran, and no US bailiff is licensed to work in Iran.
"It does nothing while its employees are richly compensated, a nice spoils system."
You make it sound more and more like our own lawmakers and judges, every time you open your mouth.
US sanctions don't have jurisdiction in Germany, Canada or France but they do have it in the US.
ReplyDeleteYou are completely confused about the nature of US sanctions. They apply to the US based financial system and who has access to it. It is the perfect example of US law applying to US based organizations.