“Although sanctions traditionally have been considered tools of international policy, many of the recent uses of the instrument have involved intranational disputes. Nations have shown an increased willingness to accept U.N. action to prevent internal violence, promote human rights, restore democracy and, as in the case of Iraq, enforce disarmament.”
Are Sanctions Just? The Problematic Case of Iraq
(Journal of International Affairs, 1999) By David Cortright and George A. Lopez
