Sanctions regimes, suffering due to

Sanctions regimes, suffering due to
Failure to respond to any disproportionate suffering experienced by vulnerable groups within targeted country during a sanction regimes

Type of entry: Potential Violation

The external entity has an obligation "to take steps, individually and through international assistance and co-operation, especially economic and technical" in order to respond to any disproportionate suffering experienced by vulnerable groups within the targeted country. ESCR/GC 8(14).

Broader Terms:

Related Terms:

Other Related Terms (keywords):

Boycotts
Divestiture
Embargoes
Special groups

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.