State Capture: Research and Action

Here comes our September 2024 monthly news digest from the world of sanctions and export controls. https://lnkd.in/eMKhYRVW

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New report: Thieves in Law State Capture: Research and Action, in collaboration with International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) presents a new report on the systematic pillage of private and public assets in Russian-occupied Ukraine. https://lnkd.in/epJzB9Fq

In the framework of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council, IPHR together with State Capture: Research and Action are organising a side-event on the topic of enforced disappearances during prisoner transfers as a repressive tool in the Russian penitentiary system. 🗓 26 SEPTEMBER ⏰ 12:00 – 13:00 CET 🏛 Room XXV, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland We invite colleagues attending the session to join us. #HRC57

Delighted to report that State Capture: Research and Action, alongside Corisk, have been selected for the USAID Doing Business with Integrity project.

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Together with the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), we have published an updated 2nd edition of our policy briefing on tackling the Russian "Shadow" Fleet. The shadow fleet represents a huge risk to the environment and undermines western sanctions on Russian fossil fuels. This 2nd edition includes up-to-date information on shadow fleet operations and expands our list of recommendations. This and all other State Capture publications can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/gf9Mw4ZZ

https://lnkd.in/ePgfh4Ez Our July 2024 sanctions and export controls news digest

Together with colleagues from REDRESS, Human Rights First and UvA, we have penned an article for the Oxford University Press Journal of International Criminal Justice on civil society's role in targeted sanctions. https://lnkd.in/eFgj-yDM

Today, we've sent a letter to the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Mr. David Lammy, to offer practical recommendations on how the #UK can lead a global crackdown on Russia’s 'shadow' fleet of oil tankers used to circumvent sanctions and generate funds for Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine. The recommendations reflect a multiprong approach to policy measures that collectively will significantly disrupt Russia’s ability to circumvent the #oil price cap, while at the same time protecting the UK’s coastal #environment, the integrity of its international seaborne #trade, and respect for international maritime #law. bit.ly/4cXroIn Jonathan Reynolds MP | Rt Hon Rachel Reeves | Department for Business and Trade | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | HM Treasury | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office