Title: Guidelines on the Future Use of Economic Sanctions; An Evaluation
Abstract: Over the years, the United Nations have imposed multilateral sanctions against a number of countries. They did so for various reasons and with different objectives, such as the termination of a war, the introduction of democratic institutions, the extradition of alleged criminals, or the establishment of internal policies favouring human rights. In addition, several states have imposed sanctions on a unilateral basis, while it can also be observed that private citizens or groups of consumers have boycotted products from certain countries to protest against human rights violations, including the non-observation of internationally recognised human rights and labour standards. Despite such an increasing demand for the application of sanctions, sufficient insight into the effects and effectiveness of these instruments is still lacking. The aim of this chapter is to clarify some of the issues related to effects and effectiveness of sanctions regimes, with a special emphasis on their consequences in the field of human rights. Effects are considered to be all the consequences (intended or not) of the imposition of sanctions, while the effectiveness is the extent to which the stated objectives have been achieved.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-16
Language: en
Type: article
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