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Sanctions, Countermeasures, And The Iranian Nuclear Issue, N. J. Calamita
Sanctions, Countermeasures, And The Iranian Nuclear Issue, N. J. Calamita
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The international community's response to Iran's nuclear development program highlights the sometimes complex legal relationship between the UN system of collective security and the rights of states to take unilateral countermeasures under the law of state responsibility. It also raises a number of important questions about (a) the discretion afforded to states in the interpretation and implementation of Security Council resolutions, (b) the availability of countermeasures for the violation of multilateral obligations, and (c) the exclusivity of the Chapter VII framework for collective security.
This Article argues that, while the Security Council's Iran sanctions resolutions do not grant discretionary authority …