Economic Sanctions and Protection of Fundamental Human Rights: A Review of the ICJ's Ruling on Alleged Violations of the Iran-U.S. Treaty of Amity

Authors

Seyed M.H. Razavi
Fateme Zeynodini

Abstract

This article studies the unilateral regime of sanctions and their impact on two fundamental human rights: the right to food and the right to health. This article argues that international tribunals will set the level of obligation required to protect these human rights by observing the empirical correlation between economic sanctions and the deterioration of these rights in target states. By reviewing the elements that contribute to the strength of punitive economic measures, this article shows how sanctions have a greater impact on a population. This article concludes that the more powerful the economic sanctions, the higher the level of obligation of the imposing state will be to ensure that the sanctioned state’s population’s fundamental rights are protected.

First Page

303

Recommended Citation

Seyed M. Razavi & Fateme Zeynodini, Economic Sanctions and Protection of Fundamental Human Rights: A Review of the ICJ's Ruling on Alleged Violations of the Iran-U.S. Treaty of Amity, 29 Wash. Int’l L.J. 303 (2020).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wilj/vol29/iss2/4