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Targeted Sanctions

Explore research on the use of targeted sanctions as a tool to prevent mass atrocities.

Sources

We included the following 19 research reports in our review:

Abdulhamid, Nafisa A. "Protecting Civilians in Armed Conflict: The Case of the African Union Mission in Somalia," 2021, https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/80685/NafisaAbdulhamid2021.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.

Agbonifo, John. "Nonstate Armed Groups, Leadership, and Sanctions Effectiveness," African Security, vol. 14, no. 1 (2021), 27-54, DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.1904536.

Biersteker, Thomas; Eckert, Sue E.; Tourinho, Marcos; Hudáková, Zuzana. The Effectiveness of UN Targeted Sanctions, Targeted Sanctions Consortium, Watson Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Institute Geneva, 2013, https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/library/publications-institute/effectiveness-united-nations-targeted-sanctions-findings-targeted

Biersteker, Thomas; Hudáková, Zuzana. UN sanctions and peace negotiations: possibilities for complementarity, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, 2015, https://hdcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Oslo-Forum-Paper-UN-sanctions-and-peace-negotiations.pdf

Brubaker, Rebecca; Dörfler, Thomas. UN Sanctions and the Prevention of Conflict, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, 2017, https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:6431/UNSanctionsandPreventionConflict-Aug-2017.pdf.

Carneiro, Cristiane Lucena; Apolinário Jr., Laerte. "Targeted Versus Conventional Economic Sanctions: What Is at Stake for Human Rights?,” International Interactions, vol. 42, no. 4 (2016): 565-589, DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2015.1036989.

Eckert, Sue E. "The evolution and effectiveness of UN targeted sanctions" in van den Herik, Larissa, ed. Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law, Elgar Online, 2017, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784713034.

Eriksson, Mikael; Wallensteen, Peter. "Targeting sanctions and ending armed conflicts: first steps towards a new research agenda,” International Affairs, vol. 91, no. 6 (2015): 1387-1398, DOI: 10.1111/1468-2346.12451.

Heine-Ellison, S. "The Impact and Effectiveness of Multilateral Economic Sanctions: A Comparative Study,” The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 5, no. 1 (2001): 81-112, DOI: 10.1080/714003707.

Ingold, Emanuel. "The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Respect for Human Rights after the End of the Cold War," The American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, 2013, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2299765

Krain, Matthew. "The effect of economic sanctions on the severity of genocides or politicides," Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 19, no. 1 (2017): 88-111, DOI: 10.1080/14623528.2016.1240516.

Lopez, George A. "In Defense of Smart Sanctions: A Response to Joy Gordon,” Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 26, no. 1 (2012): 135-146, https://doi.org/10.1017/S089267941200007X

Meissner, Katharina L.; Mello, Patrick A. "The unintended consequences of UN sanctions: A qualitative comparative analysis," Contemporary Security Policy, vol. 43, no. 2 (2022), 243-273, DOI: 10.1080/13523260.2022.2059226.

Onder, Mehmet. "Consequences of economic sanctions on minority groups in the sanctioned states," Digest of Middle East Studies, vol. 31, no. 3 (2022), 201-227, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dome.12268

Park, Jiyoun; Choi, Hyun Jin. "Are smart sanctions smart enough? An inquiry into when leaders oppress civilians under UN targeted sanctions,” International Political Science Review, (2020): 1-17, DOI: 10.1177/0192512120931957.

Radtke, Mitchell; Jo, Hyeran. "Fighting the Hydra: United Nations sanctions and rebel groups,” Journal of Peace Research, vol. 55, no. 6 (2018): 759-773, DOI: 10.1177/0022343318788127.

Shyrokykh, Karina. "Human rights sanctions and the role of black knights: Evidence from the EU’s post-Soviet neighbours," Journal of European Integration, vol. 44, no. 3 (2022), 429-449, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2021.1908278.

Stefan, Cristina G. "Lessons in Atrocity Prevention: A Closer Look at Guinea," Journal of International Peacekeeping, vol. 24, no. 3-4 (2021), 367-401, DOI: 10.1163/18754112-24030005.

Wight, Patrick. "Epilogue of a Short-Lived Land Rush: Private, Rural, and Urban Land Tenure in South Sudan" in The Transnational Land Rush in Africa, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.​​

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