United Nations Sanctions and the Rule of Law

by Jeremy Matam Farrall

• ISBN13: 9780521878029
• ISBN10: 0521878020
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-21
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The United Nations Security Council has increasingly resorted to sanctions as part of its efforts to prevent and resolve conflict. United Nations Sanctions and the Rule of Law traces the evolution of the Security Council's sanctions powers and charts the contours of the UN sanctions system. It also evaluates the extent to which the Security Council's increasing commitment to strengthening the rule of law extends to its sanctions practice. It identifies shortcomings in respect of key rule of law principles and advances pragmatic policy-reform proposals designed to ensure that UN sanctions promote, strengthen and reinforce the rule of law. In its appendices United Nations Sanctions and the Rule of Law contains summaries of all 25 UN sanctions regimes established to date by the Security Council. It forms an invaluable source of reference for diplomats, policymakers, scholars and advocates.

Author Biography

Jeremy Matam Farrall is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Justice, in the Regulatory Institutions Network at the Australian National University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xix
Abbreviations	p. xxii
Setting the scene	p. 1
Introducing UN sanctions	p. 3
Towards a pragmatic rule of law model for UN sanctions	p. 14
The evolution of the UN sanctions framework	p. 43
From Aegina to Abyssinia: a prehistory of UN sanctions	p. 45
Sanctions under the UN Charter	p. 58
UN sanctions in practice	p. 79
Establishing the legal basis for sanctions: identifying threats and invoking Chapter VII	p. 81
Delineating the scope of sanctions and identifying targets	p. 106
Fine-tuning sanctions: setting objectives, applying time-limits and minimising negative consequences	p. 133
Delegating responsibility for sanctions administration and monitoring	p. 146
Strengthening the rule of law	p. 183
Rule of law weaknesses in the UN sanctions system	p. 185
Strengthening the rule of law performance of the UN sanctions system	p. 230
Concluding remarks	p. 241
Summary of policy recommendations	p. 244
Summaries of UN sanctions regimes	p. 247
Tables	p. 464
Bibliography	p. 493
Index	p. 524
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