Turkey's emergency rule will arouse fears of abuse

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
National Security ◽  
Security Council ◽  
National Security Council ◽  
Council Meeting ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Court ◽  
Deep State ◽  
The Government

Significance President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the SoE following a four-and-half-hour National Security Council meeting on July 20, five days after a failed coup. A countrywide SoE is a first. During the 1980s and 1990s, one was in force in the mainly Kurdish south-east. That was a bitter experience in which hundreds of people disappeared, and 'deep state' extra-judicial killings were an everyday occurrence. Impacts Abuses under cover of the SoE would confront Turkey directly with the Council of Europe and European Court of Human Rights. The government says it will be sensitive about economic freedoms, market functioning and continued investment. A bitter propaganda struggle for Western public opinion between Erdogan and the Gulenists is likely.

Malaysia security act could cause political friction

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
National Security ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
National Security Council ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
State Group

Significance He was referring to the National Security Council Act (NSCA), which came into effect on August 1 after being passed in December 2015 without express royal assent. The government says the legislation is necessary to protect Malaysia amid increasing concerns over terrorism, particularly by Islamic State group (ISG), but critics argue that it gives the prime minister arbitrary powers that could be abused. Impacts The government will use the NSCA regardless of civil society criticisms, making protests possible. International perceptions that the NSCA is being abused would cause diplomatic trouble for Malaysia. The NSCA's utility could be dampened if political use continues to be made of Islam, as is likely.

scholarly journals “If the gas pipeline would be built, we lose”: transcript of Reagan's speech at the US National Security Council Meeting on the Sanctions against Soviet Union

2021 ◽  
pp. 160-179
Author(s):  
Roman Aleksandrovich Yakupov ◽  
Dar'ya Viktorovna Yakupova
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
National Security ◽  
Security Council ◽  
National Security Council ◽  
Council Meeting ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Gas Main ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Gas Main Pipeline ◽  
The Us

The object of this research is the declassified transcript of the US National Security Council Meeting of July 9, 1981, dedicated to introduction of the economic and political restrictions on building of the Soviet gas main pipeline. The subject of this research is the analysis information-bearing capabilities of the office documentation of the US National Security Council Meetings for conducting the scientific assessment of sanctions policy of the US government against the Soviet Union in the 1980s as part of directives on restricting the access of the Soviet Union to foreign markets. The article examines the published protocol the US National Security Council Meeting and related documents that contain information on creating the regime to impede the construction of the gas main pipeline to Europe. The novelty of lies in the fact that this article is first within the framework of historiographical analysis to study the plans of the US President R. Reagan on interruption of the active efforts of the Soviet Union to supply Western Europe with energy. Publication of the document clearly demonstrates that the ideas of restarting the trade-economic development of the Soviet Union were later implemented in other countries in the XXI century, when the Russian Nord Stream pipeline became one of the crucial vanguards within the system of control of the US national security interests in Europe. Based on the newly introduced documents from the foreign archives of the CIA, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, materials of the US periodical press, and memoirs, the author explores the options prepared by the US agencies aimed at complete shutdown, and restriction of access of the participants of the Soviet-German gas pipeline deal to foreign markets and resources, as well as the response of business community to trade embargo with the USSR.

scholarly journals PREVENTION OF TORTURE ON THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
Kh. Yamelska
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
The State ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
European Court ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
The Government ◽  
Legal Pressure ◽  
The Impact

The article reveals the content of armed aggression and the legal status of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Russia's aggression against Ukraine is considered in historical retrospect. Cases of torture and other ill-treatment on the temporarily occupied territories have been demonstrated in specific cases. The article examines the state of human rights on the temporarily occupied territories, namely the prevention of torture and other ill-treatment. Ways to prevent torture and ill-treatment in order to respect human rights and maintain the rule of law have been identified. The author determined that system of counteraction to aggression of Russia, which consists the political, legal and economic means, includes the prevention of torture and ill-treatment.The author notes that the adoption of UN GA resolutions and other documents of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are new elements of increasing legal pressure on Russia. The submission of interstate applications by the Government of Ukraine to the European Court of Human Rights against the Russian Federation is one of the effective means of preventing torture. The article reveals the impact of expert and advocacy activities of non-governmental human rights organizations on the prevention of torture and the state of human rights on the temporarily occupied territories. It is noted that maintaining contacts with the citizens of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, constant informing, as well as obtaining information by the Ukrainian side on the state of human rights in the temporarily occupied territory provides an opportunity to partially prevent such violations and allow future reintegration of these territories. Keywords: prevention of torture, temporarily occupied territories, armed aggression, observance of human rights.

Russian NGO sector will grow narrower and tamer

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Young People ◽  
Hostile Environment ◽  
Foreign Agent ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Government ◽  
Restrictive Legislation ◽  
Vladimir Putin

Subject Russian NGOs operating in a constricted environment. Significance Russia's NGO sector has been diminished by restrictive legislation and a hostile environment under President Vladimir Putin. 'Foreign agent' regulations hamper the operations of designated NGOs and deter potential supporters, in an environment where the lack of a volunteer culture already means that NGOs find it hard to build solid foundations or extend their reach. NGOs face heightened uncertainty and penalties under arbitrary interpretations of vague rules. Impacts The government will increase funding to socially oriented organisations that align with its goals. Kremlin-approved NGOs will be able to recruit young people who see this as a good and uncontroversial career step. The European Court of Human Rights will rule on petitions from 61 groups on the 'foreign agent law', possibly by the end of 2018.

Japan may acquire pre-emptive strike capability

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
National Security Council ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Defence

Significance On June 24, the National Security Council effectively withdrew the Aegis Ashore plan. Japan’s decision has important implications for its own national defence posture, the Japan-US alliance and the regional security situation. Impacts Salvaging the Aegis Ashore plan in some form is possible but unlikely; increasing Japan’s Aegis destroyer fleet is more likely. The capability to strike Chinese territory pre-emptively will exacerbate Beijing’s fears of Japanese militarism. Moves towards pre-emptive strike capability could reinvigorate Abe’s campaign to revise Japan’s ‘pacifist’ constitution.

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