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New document warns that China, Russia and Iran are using financial repression and covert operations to target individuals outside their borders...
The OSCE is expected to warn that "current or former NATO and EU officials" are being targeted by countries such as China, Russia and Iran, which use "cross-border repression" to target individuals outside their territories.
The 33rd session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, currently taking place in The Hague, is being held at a time when the number of international crises is increasing.
Among the most important resolutions adopted this week in the field of security is a text on combating cross-border repression (Transnational Repression – TNR), writes Euractiv.
On Saturday, a roundtable discussion with experts on the issue took place in The Hague, led by Italian parliamentarian Mauro Del Barba. "It is important to understand that cross-border repression is a form of warfare," former US National Security Advisor HR McMaster told the participants.
According to the retired general, China, Russia and Iran use this form of warfare to undermine the international order, warning that cross-border repression must be treated as a much more serious challenge to security. He said that combating this phenomenon requires, among other things, greater efforts to expel undeclared intelligence officers.
NATO and EU officials among targets
The extent of cross-border repression directed against Western societies remains largely unknown to the public, a German law enforcement official told Euractiv. According to him, this practice goes far beyond the targeting of dissidents.
A tactic that is being used increasingly frequently is debanking, the deliberate exploitation of financial compliance mechanisms to freeze or close bank accounts.
Reflecting these concerns, the resolution, which is expected to be published later this week, states that:
"The targets of cross-border financial repression are not limited to civil society, but include current or former NATO and EU officials, members of parliament, judges, scientists, entrepreneurs and donors, and that attacks on any of these categories should be treated as attacks on the democratic, economic and security architecture of the entire OSCE area."
Jorge Jraissati, an economist who has extensively studied cross-border repression and participated in the expert panel, welcomed the resolution.
"The OSCE proposal incorporates many of our policy analyses and recommendations for reforms in the international legal and financial system," he told Euractiv.
Among other measures, the resolution calls on OSCE participating States to condition access to international cooperation agreements on respect for human rights standards and guarantees for financial inclusion.
"Following our recommendation, the OSCE will call on its members, especially those that are part of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to take the initiative to include binding guarantees regarding human rights and due process in the FATF Recommendations," said Jrissati. /Adapted Pamphlet /
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