Robert J. Currie, Dalhousie University There’s recently been a lot of news coverage about various efforts by states allied with Ukraine to seize Russian assets that are on their territories, and use these assets — or the money made from selling them — to help Ukrainian war relief. Canada was the first state to put […]
Réutilisation des biens pour les personnes déplacées de force
Read about the WRMC’s work on repurposing frozen assets to assist those forcibly displaced by acts of grand corruption.
Frozen Russian Assets and the Reconstruction of Ukraine: Legal Options
This research paper assesses the four main legal options in dealing with frozen Russian assets: continued freezing, confiscation, private claims, and enforcement of a foreign judgement or international award.
Canadian Response Needed to the Rapidly Developing Refugee Crisis in Ukraine
Countries around the world must step up to provide a lifeline to Ukrainian refugees. Canada’s response should include receiving a million or more Ukrainian refugees — above and beyond its commitments to other refugees, including from Afghanistan.
Le Conseil mondial pour les réfugiés et la migration lance un groupe de travail canadien de haut niveau contre la corruption mondiale
January 28, 2022 — A new Canadian Task Force Against Global Corruption, launched today by the World Refugee & Migration Council, will focus its work on strengthening and developing key instruments of national and international governance to tackle the scourge of “grand corruption.” The bad governance that so often causes forced displacement is almost always […]