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Economic Sanctions Against Human Rights Violations, Buhm Suk Baek
Economic Sanctions Against Human Rights Violations, Buhm Suk Baek
Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers
The idea of human rights protection, historically, has been considered as a domestic matter, to be realized by individual states within their domestic law and national institutions. The protection and promotion of human rights, however, have become one of the most important issues for the international community as a whole. Yet, with time, it has become increasingly difficult for the international community to address human rights problems collectively. Despite a significant development in the human rights norms, effective protection of fundamental human rights and their legal enforcement has a long way to go.
This paper will argue that economic sanctions …