Topics in Brief

• Author: International Law Group
• Pages: 41-44

Page 41

European Union imposes economic restrictions on Iran

With Common Position 2007/140/CFSP, the EU has implemented U. N. Security Council resolutions and imposed restrictive measures against Iran. They bar the sale or transfer of nuclear and missile technology to Iran, as well as related technical assistance or fi nancing. There is an exception for humanitarian purposes. Further, the Common Position bars the entry of certain individuals into the EU and freezes the assets of specifi ed organizations and individuals, including the Atomic Energy Organisaton of Iran.

Citation: Common Position 2007/140/CFSP, 2007 O. J. of the European Union (L 61) 49, 28 February 2007.

United Nations General Assembly approves Convention on Rights of Disabled

On December 13, 2006, the General Assembly voted to promulgate a comprehensive Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention would require its member states (1) to guarantee equal rights to life for the disabled (Article 10), (2) to particularly protect disabled women and children (Articles 6 & 7), and (3) to raise universal awareness of the needs of the disabled (Article 8). The Assembly approved an optional Protocol at the same time; it would allow individuals to submit complaints to a Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Citation: U.N. Department of Public Information press release of 13 December 2006; U.N. General Assembly GA/10554 press release of 13 December 2006. Further information on the text of the Convention is available online at http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention.

Iranian's long sanctuary in Canadian church is over

Amir Kazemian, a 41-year-old Iranian man, has spent the better part of three years in sanctuary from a Canadian deportation order at an Anglican church in Vancouver, B. C. before local police arrested him on February 19 last. He said he was afraid to be sent back to Iran where he claimed he had been tortured. The Canada Border Services Agency, however, soon released...