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Sanctioning Non-State Entities - An International Approach

This article addresses the use of international sanctions targeting non-state entities, as a legal consequence of their responsibility for internationally wrongful acts, including the international crimes. Unlike the traditional state-centric concept of international law, contemporary international community and its law cannot neglect anymore the strong presence of non-state entities in international relations. These entities, be they territorially determined or not, are undoubtedly capable to break international law, particularly in the time of war. Therefore, in the last two decades they have often been targeted by the UN sanctions, exclusively, or together with the co-responsible states. However, in spite of the fact that the UN Security Council has imposed its sanctions not only on non-state entities, but also on the individuals “associated with them” and sometimes on their family members, the direct international criminal responsibility of these entities, even in the case where they had already been targeted by the UN sanctions for an international crime, still lacks. In this context, the author analyses the relationship between public international law and international criminal law as regards their sanctions, as well as the possibility of broadening of the concept of international criminal responsibility to these entities.

non-state entities; international sanctions; international criminal responsibility

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