Sanctions regimes, failure to reduce negative impact

Type of entry: Potential Violation

While sanctions will inevitably diminish the capacity of the affected State to fund or support some of the necessary measures, the State remains under an obligation to ... take all possible measures, including negotiations with other States and the international community, to reduce to a minimum the negative impact upon the rights of vulnerable groups within the society. ESCR/GC 8(3).

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Related Terms:

Other Related Terms (keywords):

Boycotts
Divestiture
Embargoes

See ESC right:

Food, adequate

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

11(2)(b): The States Parties to the present Covenant, recognizing the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, shall take, individually and through international co-operation, the measures, including specific programmes, which are needed:

(b) Taking into account the problems of both food-importing and food-exporting countries, to ensure an equitable distribution of world food supplies in relation to need.