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Yasin Abdullah Ezzedine al-Qadi (also spelled as Shaykh Yassin Abdullah Kadi or Yasin A. Kahdi) (b. 23 February 1955) is a Saudi Arabian businessman who has been described by friends and associates as a philanthropist.〔Gerth, Jeff and Judith Miller, "(On The List: Philanthropist or Fount of Funds for Terrorists? )" New York Times, 13 October 2001〕 A multi-millionaire from Jeddah, Qadi trained as an architect in Chicago, Illionois.〔Jackson, David et al. "(U.S.: Money Trail Leads to Saudi )," Chicago Tribune, 29 October 2001〕 He is the son-in-law of Sheikh Ahmed Salah Jamjoom, a former Saudi Arabian government minister with close ties to the Saudi royal family.〔Blackburn, Chris "(Jamaat-i-Islam: A Threat to Bangladesh? )" Secular Voice of Bangladesh website〕〔Simpson, Glenn R. "(Well Connected, A Saudi Mogul Skirts Sanctions )," Wall Street Journal, 29 August 2007〕〔Who's Who in the Arab World: 1981-1982 (University of Michigan: Publitec, 1981) p. 820〕 The UN placed sanctions against Qadi in 1999 and 2000, when he was named by United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267 and 1333 as a suspected associate of Osama bin Laden's terror network, al-Qaeda.〔(UN Security Council Consolidated List "established and maintained by the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) with respect to individuals, groups, undertakings and other entities associated with Al-Qaida," United Nations website )〕 On 12 October 2001, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ordered his assets in the United States to be frozen.〔Thomas Jr., Landon "(A Wealthy Saudi, Mired in Limbo over an Accusation of Terrorism )," New York Times, 12 December 2008〕〔name="Forbes2008-01-24" (mirror )〕〔 (mirror )〕 The European Union also applied sanctions to Qadi.〔Marty, Dick, "United Nations Security Council and European Union Blacklists," Doc. 11454 Report, Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, 16 November 2007, http://assembly.coe.int/documents/workingdocs/doc07/edoc11454.htm, provides hyperlinks to relevant documents, namely "Council Decision 2001/927/EC Establishing the List Provided for in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, 27 December 2001, "Council Common Position 2001/930/CFSP of 27 December 2001," "Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001," etc.〕〔Posch, Albert, "The Kadi Case: Rethinking the Relationship between EU Law and International Law?" Columbia Journal of European Law, 15 Colum. J. Eur. L. F. 1 (2009), http://www.cjel.net/online/15_2-posch/〕〔European Union, "Consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions," Updated 13 October 2012, http://eeas.europa.eu/cfsp/sanctions/consol-list_en.htm〕 In response, Qadi's lawyers brought two lawsuits now considered landmarks in public international law, known as ''Kadi I'' (2008) and ''Kadi II'' (2010). The case for which he is best known, a 2008 decision by the European Court of Justice, ''Kadi I'',〔The fuller name is ''Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities'' (2008) (C-402/05 P )〕 is thought to have challenged "the core framework of UN terrorist sanctions and forces UN member states to tackle difficult legal questions or else face possible collapse of the UN’s terrorist sanctions regime."〔Fromuth, Peter "The European Court of Justice Kadi Decision and the Future of UN Counterterrorism Sanctions," American Society for International Law website, ASIL Insights, Vol. 13, Issue 20, 30 October 2009, http://www.asil.org/insights091030.cfm〕 Qadi's listing as a terrorist was overturned by several European courts, and his name was removed from blacklists by Switzerland (2007),〔Ghafour, P.K. Abdul. “Yassin al Qadi Exonerated,” Arab News, 24 December 2007.〕 the European Union (2008 and 2010),〔Carter-Ruck Press Release: "General Court Orders Annulment of European Regulation Freezing Funds of Sheik Yassin Abdullah Kadi," 30 September 2010〕〔"(EU Court Annuls Funds Freeze Against Saudi 'Terror' Suspect )," EUBusiness 30 September 2010〕 and the United Kingdom (2008 and 2010).〔"" Law Essays and Dissertation Experts website citing London Times online〕〔MacDonald, Alison. "Case Comment: HM Treasury v Ahmed () UKSC2" FreeLegalWeb.org, syndicated from UKSC weblog.〕 On 13 September 2010, Yasin al-Qadi "succeeded in having dismissed in their entirety the civil claims brought against him in the United States on behalf of the families of the 9/11 victims."〔Carter-Ruck Law Firm, "(9/11-related U.S. Civil Claims Against Prominent Saudi Businessman Dismissed, )" Carter-Ruck International Law: Recent Work webpage, 13 September 2010〕 U.S. District Judge Daniels ruled that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York had no jurisdiction over Qadi, who is a Saudi Arabian citizen.〔 On 5 October 2012, the UN Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against al-Qaeda granted Qadi's petition to be removed from its blacklist.〔Associated Press, "UN removes Saudi businessman from al-Qaida sanctions blacklist," Washington Post, 5 October 2012〕〔Rubenfeld, Samuel "UN Removes Saudi Businessman from Al Qaeda Blacklist," Wall Street Journal (Blog), 8 October 2012,http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/10/08/un-removes-saudi-businessman-from-al-qaeda-blacklist/〕 On 26 November 2014, the United States Department of the Treasury removed Qadi's name from its Specially Designated Nationals list.〔U.S. Department of the Treasury. ("Counter Terrorism Designation Removals" ), 26 November 2014.〕 ==Early Life and Family== Qadi was born 23 February 1955 in Cairo, Egypt.〔"(Sanctions, Blocked Persons, Specially Designated Nationals )," Foreign Assets Control Office Report, 21 June 2007〕〔"(Individuals Associated with Al-Qaida: Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Amends Entries of Thirteen Individuals on its Consolidated List, )" Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York, 15 December 2010〕 His father became a successful businessman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.〔〔 He has five sisters and no brothers.〔Biographical statement provided by Qadi's attorneys, Johnson & Clifton LLP, (In Re Yassin Abdullah Kadi," OFAC Department of Treasury FAX Petition 175 ), 21 December 2001〕 Around 1977, Qadi earned a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from Alexandria University in Cairo, Egypt,〔page 4〕 and subsequently moved to Chicago, IL, where he worked for an architectural firm from July 1979 to February 1981.〔 He helped the firm develop a master plan and contract documentation for the Mecca Campus of the King Abdulaziz University.〔Yassin Abdullah Kadi, Claimant, and HM Treasury, Defendant, In the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court, In the Matter of Yassin Abdullah Kadi, CO/4528/01 and CO/4532/01, (Petition 175 ), page 3, footnote 3.〕 Yasin al-Qadi married a daughter of Sheikh Ahmed Salah Jamjoom sometime before 1981.〔,〔〔p.820〕 He and his wife have seven children,〔 including a son who is a U.S. citizen.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yasin al-Qadi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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