رسانه انگلیسی: آمریکا به دنبال تحریم‌های گسترده علیه دیوان کیفری بین‌المللی است

رسانه انگلیسی از تدارک واشنگتن برای اعمال تحریم‌های گسترده علیه دیوان کیفری بین‌المللی خبر می‌دهند؛ اقدامی که به گفته ناظران، می‌تواند موجودیت این نهاد قضایی مستقر در لاهه را با تهدید جدی روبه‌رو کند.

رسانه انگلیسی از تدارک واشنگتن برای اعمال تحریم‌های گسترده علیه دیوان کیفری بین‌المللی خبر می‌دهند؛ اقدامی که به گفته ناظران، می‌تواند موجودیت این نهاد قضایی مستقر در لاهه را با تهدید جدی روبه‌رو کند.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday signalled a cautious shift in its approach to the newly imposed US sanctions on Iran, saying it would adhere to “all applicable sanctions regimes” under international and domestic law, a formulation that goes beyond Islamabad’s earlier emphasis on international law and bilateral trade commitments with Tehran. “Pakistan is a responsible member of the international community and adheres, and shall continue to adhere, to all applicable sanctions regimes in accordance with international and domestic laws,” Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said at the weekly media briefing. The spokesperson did not explain what Islamabad considers “applicable” even though there is a fine difference between restrictions being legally applicable or practically applicable. The shift is nevertheless significant because when the US announced its latest sanctions against Iran, the then FO spokesperson Tahir Andrabi had said: “About trade with Iran, Pakistan is following international law and our bilateral trade agreements with Iran.” FO reiterates commitment to strategic ties with Washington, rules-based international system Technically, the earlier formulation placed the emphasis on Pakistan’s international legal obligations and its bilateral commitments to Iran while the new one is broader, bringing “all applicable sanctions regimes” and “domestic law” into the framework. That does not mean US unilateral sanctions automatically become binding international law for Pakistan, but it’s an acknowledgement that their practical reach can extend to Pakistani banks and companies because they operate within the international financial system and depend on access to dollar clearing, correspondent banking and financial messaging networks. SWIFT, the international financial network, neither works as a sanctions authority nor does it decide whether transactions are lawful, but it says responsibility for compliance rests with the financial institutions handling transactions and the relevant national and international authorities. SWIFT, which is incorporated under Belgian law, has previously disconnected Iranian banks to comply with European sanctions. This showed how sanctions adopted by a jurisdiction to which SWIFT is legally subject can affect a bank’s access to the international financial messaging network. For Pakistan, the issue is therefore les