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Independent Sanctions Review

Sanctions should be reviewed when circumstances change.

Designation is a decision. Continued designation requires continuing justification.

Circumstances change. Evidence develops. Sanctions should remain reviewable.

ISDC independently examines whether the original grounds for an existing sanctions designation remain applicable in light of current evidence and changed circumstances.

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Institutional Role
We do not decide who should be sanctioned. We examine whether sanctions should continue.
A sanction may have been justified when imposed. The question is whether that justification still holds today.
Independent review begins where assumption ends: with the present evidence.

ISDC does not impose, administer or remove sanctions. Its role is to independently review the continuing basis of existing designations and publish reasoned assessments.

What We Examine

The central question is not simply what happened then, but what can be supported now.

Each review begins with the official basis for designation and examines whether subsequent evidence or developments materially affect that basis.

01

Original Grounds

We identify the official reasons, factual propositions and relevant framework underlying the designation.

02

Changed Circumstances

We examine relevant changes in ownership, control, relationships, conduct, legal status or other material facts.

03

Continuing Basis

We assess whether the original grounds remain materially supportable on the present evidentiary record.

How Review Works

Evidence first. Analysis second. Recommendation last.

ISDC separates submitted material, official information and independent analysis so that readers can understand how a conclusion was reached.

STAGE 01

Eligibility

The matter is assessed to determine whether it raises a reviewable question within ISDC's scope.

STAGE 02

Evidence

Relevant official, documentary and third-party material is collected, classified and verified.

STAGE 03

Assessment

Original grounds are compared with the present record and any material changed circumstances.

STAGE 04

Publication

ISDC publishes a structured assessment and, where appropriate, an independent recommendation.

Review may result in a recommendation for delisting, maintaining designation, further review, or a finding that the available evidence is insufficient to reach a conclusion.

Full Methodology

Public Standards

The rules governing our work are part of the public record.

ISDC publishes the standards used to assess evidence, protect institutional independence, manage conflicts and preserve the integrity of public review.

01 / REVIEW

Review Standards

The framework for assessing designation grounds, changed circumstances and continuing justification.

→ 02 / EVIDENCE

Evidence Standards

How evidence is authenticated, weighed, corroborated and used in sanctions review.

→ 03 / INDEPENDENCE

Institutional Independence

Safeguards separating external participation from institutional judgment.

→ 04 / FUNDING

Funding Transparency

How financial support is separated from findings, recommendations and editorial control.

→ 05 / PUBLICATION

Editorial Standards

Standards governing sourcing, attribution, analysis, language and publication integrity.

→ 06 / GOVERNANCE

Conflict of Interest Policy

How actual, potential and perceived conflicts are identified and managed.

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Independent by Design

A credible review must remain capable of reaching an inconvenient conclusion.

An applicant may provide documents. A funder may support legitimate institutional costs. An authority may provide official records. None of those relationships transfers control over the ISDC conclusion.

Independence means that the final assessment follows the evidence — including where the evidence supports maintaining an existing designation.

Independence Standard Funding Transparency

Request a Review

Has the factual basis of an existing sanctions designation materially changed?

Individuals, entities, representatives and other relevant parties may submit information for preliminary review. Submission does not guarantee that ISDC will open, publish or reach a particular conclusion in a case.

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Submission ≠ acceptance of a case for review.

Institutional Notice

ISDC is an independent non-governmental organization. It does not impose, administer, maintain or remove sanctions. ISDC conducts independent research and prepares evidence-based assessments for consideration by competent authorities.