CYIL vol. 10 (2019)

CYIL 10 ȍ2019Ȏ TEN YEARS AND ONE HUNDRED OF REVIEWS OF THE UNITED NATIONS … Figure 1 positively displays the intense interest of entities (25 requests) and individuals (11 requests) in the first period between July 2010 and June 2011. It arguably expresses that dozens of petitioners had been awaiting the new Ombudsperson procedure. Most of them, who were already listed between 2001 and 2003, decided to apply to the Ombudsperson as soon as possible. On the other hand, Figure 1 does not display substantial caseload growth after June 2011 (i.e. in the period 2011/2012 compared to 2010/2011), when the Ombudsperson procedure was modified, and the reverse consensus rule was introduced by SC resolution 1898 (2011). In the periods following 2010/2011, the dynamics of the interest of individuals and entities varied. The number of requests submitted by entities fell to one in 2011/2012, and three in 2012/2013. One request of an entity in September 2013 has been the last one so far. Also, the number of requests lodged by individuals has declined, however, the decrease was not so rapid. During the time period 2017/2018, when the position of the Ombudsperson was vacant, only two delisting requests were received, and Figure 1 illustrates the fall during the vacancy in comparison with the previous and the following time periods. When we exclude from the set of all requests those four requests where individuals were delisted by the Sanctions Committee before the Ombudsperson review was completed, the six pending requests, and the one request withdrawn by the petitioner, we can evaluate the measure of success of petitioners. Out of 101 completed proceedings, 82 petitioners achieved delisting (including the removal of an alias in one case) and in 19 instances they were denied the delisting. Thus, the overall success score is 81%. Entities were successful in 100% of instances, the measure of success of individuals was lower, 65% (53 delistings from 81 requests). One more feature that can be analyzed on the set of delistings is the average time of being on the IDAQ sanctions list. Figure 2 shows how long petitioners had waited before they could submit their delisting request to the Ombudsperson. It calculates the number of days between the listing and the commencement of the Ombudsperson procedure in particular cases. Figure 2: Number of days between the listing and the start of the Ombudsperson’s procedure

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