Economic Sanctions: Legal and Policy Implications
Tue 18 Jan
|Online Event
Timely discussion of the increasing use of non-UN authorized sanctions by western states including Canada and regional organizations i.e. EU
Time & Location
18 Jan 2022, 10:00 – 11:30 GMT-5
Online Event
About the Event
About this event
This webinar is hosted by The Rideau Institute, in cooperation with the Human Rights Research and Education Center, Univ of Ottawa and the Group of 78. It will explore the legal and policy implications of non-UN authorized economic sanctions, a policy tool that is increasingly favoured by Canada, other western states and regional organizations like the EU and the African Union.
Speakers:
Professor Craig Martin, inaugural RI Senior Fellow, and author of the RI report, Economic Sanctions Under International Law, a Guide for Canadian Policy and EU sanctions expert, Professor Clara Portela, will be joined by moderator and RI President Peggy Mason for this timely discussion.
Craig Martin is a Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law, and the Co-Director of the Washburn International and Comparative Law Center. A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada (B.A. Hons. His.), Osaka University, Graduate School of…