[go: up one dir, main page]
IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/wti/papers/1434.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Human Rights and Unilateral Economic Sanctions: A New Perspective on a Twisted Relationship

Author

Listed:
  • Bogdanova, Iryna
Abstract
Literature and practice outlining the relationship between human rights and unilateral economic sanctions veer in two opposite directions. One strand of literature advocates for sanctions to redress grave human rights violations. This position has been epitomised in the legislation allowing the imposition of economic sanctions for human rights violations occurring abroad (Magnitskystyle sanctions). The opposing voice criticises unilateral economic sanctions irrespective of their objectives and forms, mainly by emphasising their negative repercussions on the enjoyment of human rights. This position is officially adopted by the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, and is reflected in numerous reports on the matter, which are traditionally supported by the most-sanctioned countries. This contribution aims to explore perplexing and multifaceted relations between human rights and unilateral economic sanctions, an issue that is politically tainted, and which has been insufficiently analysed from a legal standpoint. Retreating from the clashes between these prevailing old, unworkable dichotomies, this contribution argues for a more nuanced portrayal of the subject matter. Continue reading in the attached PDF. Full publication available. About the author: Dr. Iryna Bogdanova

Suggested Citation

  • Bogdanova, Iryna, 2024. "Human Rights and Unilateral Economic Sanctions: A New Perspective on a Twisted Relationship," Papers 1434, World Trade Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:wti:papers:1434
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.wti.org/media/filer_public/8c/07/8c07691f-f010-4a92-a901-bc6e85f63d38/eyhr_2023.pdf
    File Function: First version
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wti:papers:1434. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Morven McLean (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/wtibech.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.