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Human rights Obligations of the Sanctioning State in Relation to the People of the Sanctioned State: From Issuing Sanction Exemptions to Effective Removal of Impediments

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Authors

Seyed Mohamadhassan Razavi 1
Maryam Qasemi 2
Fateme Zeynodini 3

1 Assistant Prof., Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 MA. Student in International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Alborz Campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Postdoc Researcher, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2021.308253.2521
Abstract
With the development of technology and the interconnection of economies, the use of unilateral sanctions by powerful states, as a tool to exert pressure on the target country, has both increased and acquired a different function compared to the past. The most detrimental effects of unilateral sanctions can be seen on the fundamental rights of ordinary citizens of the target countries, including the right to health and the right to access food.  Thus, the question arises as to the extent of the sanctioning state’s responsibility for the violation of such rights. This paper will study the factors influencing the increase in the impact of economic sanctions on the sanctioned country, and will examine how, under international and human rights law, the sanctioning state can be held responsible with respect to the fundamental human rights of the sanctioned country’s people.

Keywords

economic sanctions
fundamental human rights
right to food and medicine
extraterritorial sanctions
comprehensive sanctions
multilateral sanctions
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Public Law Studies Quarterly
Volume 52, Issue 2
Summer 2022
Summer 2022
Pages 1083-1101

  • Receive Date 03 December 2020
  • Revise Date 11 April 2021
  • Accept Date 25 May 2021

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