Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ22564

Mapping the UN Sanctions Regime : A Case Study of Sanctions on North Korea

Authors(1) :-Kumar Gaurav

The paper discusses the United Nations sanctions by problematizing the institutional and legal approach to sanctions. The rise of UN sanctions gets its legitimacy from Chapter VII of the United Nations charter. The charter explicitly highlights the underlying reason behind establishing sanctions regime, i.e., international peace and security. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section discusses the historical development of UN sanctions and the associated institutional-legal mechanism. The second section of the paper engages in understanding UN sanctions on North Korea and tries to develop a more critical outlook towards implementing non-proliferation sanctions. Finally, the concluding part tries to form a pluralistic understanding of sanctions that considers a holistic perspective to make sanctions more effective in international politics as a tool for controlling rogue nations.

Authors and Affiliations

Kumar Gaurav
Department - Center for International Politics, Organisation, and Disarmament (School of International Studies), Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

UN sanctions, North Korea, Economic Sanctions, Non-Proliferation Sanctions, China.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 6 | November-December 2022
Date of Publication : 2022-11-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 26-34
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ22564
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

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Kumar Gaurav, "Mapping the UN Sanctions Regime : A Case Study of Sanctions on North Korea", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 5, Issue 6, pp.26-34, November-December.2022
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ22564

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