Title: 'If Property Rights Were Treated Like Human Rights, They Could Never Get Away With This,' Blacklisting and Due Process in U.S. Economic Sanctions Programs
Abstract: Economic sanctions have proliferated in the last half of the twentieth century, and become the "first choice" of U.S. policymakers seeking tools to address many complex international issues. A key feature of these various sanctions programs is the use of a blacklist, to bring third party agents, controlled entities, and corporate cloaks operating elsewhere within the ambit of the sanctions aimed at a particular country or destination. These blacklists have now grown to include several thousand individuals and entities. However, despite the growing importance of economic sanctions, and their accompanying blacklists, these programs are still managed by a relatively small office within the Treasury Department, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).