On 25 January 2024, the Geneva International Sanctions Network invited Anton Moiseienko, from the Australia National University in Canberra, to give a talk on his paper "Freeze to Seize: Do sovereign immunities prevent the seizure of central bank assets?". Bart Szewczyk, lawyer at Covington & Burling, acted as a discussant. Watch the event recording here.
For the first Geneva International Sanctions Network (GISN) of the calendar year, we had two speakers.
Anton Moiseienko, from the Australia National University in Canberra, gave a presentation on his paper "Freeze to Seize: Do sovereign immunities prevent the seizure of central bank assets?", in which he deals with the highly complex issue of the lawfulness of transferring frozen Russian central bank assets to Ukraine. Bart Szewczyk, lawyer at Covington & Burling, acted as a discussant and provided a few reflections on Anton's paper.
The Geneva International Sanctions Network brings together scholars, students and practitioners interested in international targeted sanctions and draws on expertise developed through the Targeted Sanctions Consortium.