Security Council Sanctions Governance: The Power and Limits of Rules

by Thomas Dörfler

Little is known about how far-reaching decisions in UN Security Council sanctions committees are made. Developing a novel committee governance concept and using examples drawn from sanctions imposed on Iraq, Al-Qaida, Congo, Sudan and Iran, this book shows that Council members tend to follow the will of the powerful, whereas sanctions committee members often decide according to the rules. This is surprising since both Council and committees are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367731738
• ISBN13: 9780367731731
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages