Disobeying the Security Council countermeasures against wrongful sanctions - Tzanakopoulos, Antonios (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-233) and index
Responsibility as a form of accountability and the UN legal order -- Attribution of conduct to the United Nations -- The element of breach: sources of obligations incumbent upon the United Nations -- Judicial determination -- Determination by states -- The content of international responsibility -- Implementation through self-enforcement
In the last few years, the Security Council has imposed highly controversial sanctions on both individuals and states, some of which can be considered to violate international law. This book argues that the law of international responsibility allows states to disobey these obligations when they would result in a violation of human rights