GLOBAL TERRORIST SANCTIONS LISTS CONTINUE TO POSE LEGAL PROBLEMS
February 1st, 2011
BY ALAN OSBORN
ECONOMIC sanctions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban were agreed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) 12 years ago (Resolution 1267) and at first enjoyed strong and uncritical support. It was a new kind of sanctions regime, targeting named individuals, businesses and organisations that supported al-Qaeda rather than focusing on countries, as before. Two years later, UNSC Resolution 1373, a response to the attacks of 11 September 2001, was aimed at potential terrorists not covered by the 1267 regime, though in this case the UN left it to ...
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