The Judiciarys Law Journal

The Judiciarys Law Journal

Individuals Sanctions in public international law: sanctions on some Iranian nationals

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors
Seyed Yaser ziaee
Alireza Mohammadi Motlagh
10.22106/jlj.2014.11939
Abstract
Sanction as a mechanism to force states to comply with their international obligation has been used since many years ago. Sanction is a kind of countermeasure which had been used against states before issuing on individuals. Emerging of international terrorism and rising criticisms about traditional sanctions caused to founding a new generation of sanctions which is called Smart sanction. In a form of smart sanction the nongovernmental actors, who are violating international norms, are sanctioned. A form of smart sanction is individual sanction, which has raised so many new debates. Although this kind of sanction is issued because of violating international norms by targeted people, it would be against international principles. Using of these sanctions indiscriminately and ignorantly for its aftermath is against of the doctrine of smart sanction. Listing some Iranian nationals due to their relation with Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missiles and violating human rights, would be contravention of international law and fundamental principles such as: immunity of state property,  impunity of diplomats and councils, and obligation of host country due to headquarter agreements with international organizations, and  some fundamental human rights such as: right to movement, right to ownership, right to access to fair preceding( right to justice). The internal and international preceding have marinated that violating this principles could be a cause to void of Security Council resolutions and to end multi and unilateral individual sanctions. Violating these principles could raise the claim of targeting state and international organization responsibility and pay damage to targeted people.   
Keywords
international Sanction
Smart Sanction
individual sanction
Iranian nationals

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