Looting and Illicit Traffic in Antiquities in Africa

2011 ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Folarin Shyllon
Keyword(s):  
Illicit Traffic

scholarly journals Towards Global Governance: The Inadequacies of the UN Drug Control Regime

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 291-295
Author(s):  
Antonia Eliason ◽  
Robert Howse
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
Drug Control ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Criminal Justice Reform ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Global War ◽  
Control Regime ◽  
Illicit Traffic

Human rights and the UN drug control regime have long had an uneasy relationship, which is evident today in the tensions that exist between criminal justice reform advocates, the institutions of the UN drug control regime, and economic interests that stand to benefit from decriminalization and legalization efforts. The UN drug control regime's relationship with human rights cannot be properly discussed without acknowledging its colonial and racist roots. From the earliest agreement on drug control in 1909, born out of the crisis of opium dependency caused by the forced opening of China to trade in opium by the British, to the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, which was a product of America's war on drugs, international efforts to regulate drugs have never been for the benefit of those who have suffered the most from both the supply of drugs and its criminalization. The war on drugs has been a global war from the beginning, arising out of colonial structures that centered white/European racial dominance. The inadequacies of the international drug regime and current efforts to reform it are rooted in this historical legacy. In light of this, we argue that efforts by international bodies to center human rights in the discussion on reforming the UN drug control regime are, so far, insufficient. Only through recognizing the power imbalances at play can we advance the possibility of a system that values individuals and responds to a changing landscape where corporate interests are coming to the table in the context of decriminalization and legalization.

scholarly journals PROTECTING THE SEAS AND OCEANS OF THE WORLD BY MEANS OF SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel-Ştefan Paraschiv
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Public International Law ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
The World ◽  
International Laws ◽  
International Conventions ◽  
Illicit Traffic ◽  
High Seas

AbstractThe maritime zones recognized under international laws – are formed from the highseas, with the riches at the bottom of the oceans and seas from this perimeter – which isregulated by international conventions, whose infringement may lead to the application ofsanctions in conformity with the dispositions stipulated, or, in the lack of such dispositions, totaking other measures, such as repression or retaliation, which are considered, in the publicinternational law, as being general sanctions included in the category of countermeasures.At high seas serious acts of a criminal character are also committed, such as: piracy,illicit traffic of narcotics and psychotropic substances, etc., thus all states must cooperate inview of repressing these acts and sanctioning the culprits.

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