“Yet an examination of the impact of sanctions may lead to a quite different conclusion: that sanctions play a major role in the further deterioration of the human rights situation in a target nation. In rights abusive nations, the leaders of the target government may in fact increase their repression of opponents and others as a ‘justifiable action’ in the light of the economic hardship caused by sanctions.”
Economic Sanctions and Human Rights: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
(International Journal of Human Rights, 1997) By George Lopez and David Cortright
