UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES

The efforts of the BRICs countries to establish a fair international legal order determine the scholarly interest in conceptualizing the legal position on the inadmissibility of the use of unlawful unilateral coercive measures in international relations. This paper adopts an interdisciplinary approa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A. Kapustin, B. Khabriev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publshing House V.Ема 2019-11-01
Series:BRICS Law Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/270
_version_ 1797855891131727872
author A. Kapustin
B. Khabriev
author_facet A. Kapustin
B. Khabriev
author_sort A. Kapustin
collection DOAJ
description The efforts of the BRICs countries to establish a fair international legal order determine the scholarly interest in conceptualizing the legal position on the inadmissibility of the use of unlawful unilateral coercive measures in international relations. This paper adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the phenomenon of combating discriminatory sanctions policies of individual states and international organizations, including elements of economic, legal and international legal analysis. The subject of the authors’ interest is not the methodology of “economic analysis” of legal phenomena, which is recognized in legal science; rather, it is an attempt to synthesize the methods of various disciplines, allowing a comprehensive assessment of the possibility of countering “sanctions threats” to the state sovereignty of Russia as one of the members of BRICS. The main directions of the economic policy of the state in the conditions of the “sanctions regime,” the features of acts of Russian legislation aimed at protecting sovereignty from illegal unilateral restrictive measures, in the historical context, and taking into account modern views, the doctrinal approaches to the concept of “sanctions” in the science and practice of international law are all analyzed. As a result, it is found that the pluralism of approaches to the definition of “sanctions” is maintained, which is explained by the insufficient level of international legal regulation of international coercion and the continuing decentralization of the system of international law. The grounds for the legitimacy of sanctions mechanisms operate in the system of collective security of the U.N., based on the analysis of the provisions of the U.N. Charter and the normative array of recommendatory norms of the U.N. General Assembly. The evolution of the mechanism of non-military coercive measures of the U.N. Security Council is analyzed, and the parameters of the legitimacy of sanctions by regional international organizations on the basis of the provisions of the U.N. Charter are determined. Normative contours of “soft regulators” of counteractions to illegitimate unilateral coercive measures are established.
first_indexed 2024-04-09T20:30:07Z
format Article
id doaj.art-789f65e80a5346db9cce9d2196e76ddf
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2409-9058
2412-2343
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-09T20:30:07Z
publishDate 2019-11-01
publisher Publshing House V.Ема
record_format Article
series BRICS Law Journal
spelling doaj.art-789f65e80a5346db9cce9d2196e76ddf2023-03-30T20:04:01ZengPublshing House V.ЕмаBRICS Law Journal2409-90582412-23432019-11-0164679410.21684/2412-2343-2019-6-4-67-94148UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIESA. Kapustin0B. Khabriev1Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian FederationCentral Economic and Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesThe efforts of the BRICs countries to establish a fair international legal order determine the scholarly interest in conceptualizing the legal position on the inadmissibility of the use of unlawful unilateral coercive measures in international relations. This paper adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the phenomenon of combating discriminatory sanctions policies of individual states and international organizations, including elements of economic, legal and international legal analysis. The subject of the authors’ interest is not the methodology of “economic analysis” of legal phenomena, which is recognized in legal science; rather, it is an attempt to synthesize the methods of various disciplines, allowing a comprehensive assessment of the possibility of countering “sanctions threats” to the state sovereignty of Russia as one of the members of BRICS. The main directions of the economic policy of the state in the conditions of the “sanctions regime,” the features of acts of Russian legislation aimed at protecting sovereignty from illegal unilateral restrictive measures, in the historical context, and taking into account modern views, the doctrinal approaches to the concept of “sanctions” in the science and practice of international law are all analyzed. As a result, it is found that the pluralism of approaches to the definition of “sanctions” is maintained, which is explained by the insufficient level of international legal regulation of international coercion and the continuing decentralization of the system of international law. The grounds for the legitimacy of sanctions mechanisms operate in the system of collective security of the U.N., based on the analysis of the provisions of the U.N. Charter and the normative array of recommendatory norms of the U.N. General Assembly. The evolution of the mechanism of non-military coercive measures of the U.N. Security Council is analyzed, and the parameters of the legitimacy of sanctions by regional international organizations on the basis of the provisions of the U.N. Charter are determined. Normative contours of “soft regulators” of counteractions to illegitimate unilateral coercive measures are established.https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/270bricsunilateral restrictive measurescountermeasuressanctionsu.n. charter
spellingShingle A. Kapustin
B. Khabriev
UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES
BRICS Law Journal
brics
unilateral restrictive measures
countermeasures
sanctions
u.n. charter
title UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES
title_full UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES
title_fullStr UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES
title_full_unstemmed UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES
title_short UN ILATERAL SANCTIONS – A VESTIGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES
title_sort un ilateral sanctions a vestige of a unipolar world the conceptualization of the legal position of the brics countries
topic brics
unilateral restrictive measures
countermeasures
sanctions
u.n. charter
url https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/270
work_keys_str_mv AT akapustin unilateralsanctionsavestigeofaunipolarworldtheconceptualizationofthelegalpositionofthebricscountries
AT bkhabriev unilateralsanctionsavestigeofaunipolarworldtheconceptualizationofthelegalpositionofthebricscountries