2021
DOI: 10.1017/ajil.2021.20
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Economic Sanctions, International Law, and Crimes Against Humanity: Venezuela's Referral to The International Criminal Court

Abstract: I. INTRODUCTIONEconomic sanctions, unilateral and multilateral, have a long pedigree in international relations. From South Africa 2 and Israel, 3 to Iraq, 4 Iran 5 and North Korea, 6 such measures have, with varying results, been used in diverse contexts to influence the behaviour of States. 7Some would celebrate the use of economic sanctions as a means of punishing "rogue States"for human rights violations or threats to the peace, 8 while others would condemn it as "imperialism" by powerful States against th… Show more

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“…Another, more dramatic example of the impact of sanctions on the target's economic development is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This country's experience of living under sanctions imposed against the oil and gas sector is widely discussed in research literautre (Seelke, Nelson, Brown & Margesson, 2021;Watkins, 2010;Brady, 2015;Nelson, 2021;Akande, Akhavan & Bjorge, 2021;Seelke, 2021). In particular, most studies show that the introduction of unilateral sanctions cannot completely paralyze the activities of certain branches of the state in the presence of friendly relations with other countries.…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another, more dramatic example of the impact of sanctions on the target's economic development is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This country's experience of living under sanctions imposed against the oil and gas sector is widely discussed in research literautre (Seelke, Nelson, Brown & Margesson, 2021;Watkins, 2010;Brady, 2015;Nelson, 2021;Akande, Akhavan & Bjorge, 2021;Seelke, 2021). In particular, most studies show that the introduction of unilateral sanctions cannot completely paralyze the activities of certain branches of the state in the presence of friendly relations with other countries.…”
Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Economic sanctions as provided above have the characteristics and definition more a kin to an economic embargo/sanctions with the examples of the most recent economic embargo to Qatar by the gulf states, whereby said embargo were conducted in conjunction with demands with the embargoing states (Santuraki, 2020). Other examples may include to South Africa, Israel, Iraq Adinda Balqis Tegarmas Gemilang Pincer Maneuver: Legality of China's Economic Measures towards India Indonesian Comparative Law Review -54 and North Korea (Akande et al, 2021). The general theme that can be described as economic embargo and/or intervention includes the general themes of: a.…”
Section: Obor and Bri: The Legality In The Public International Law R...mentioning
confidence: 99%