Financial and economic sanctions ‐ from a perspective of international law and human rights

Discusses the use of economic sanctions against terrorism and organised crime. Focuses on the low evidentiary threshold adopted by the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1267 to freeze the assets of those associated with al‐Qaeda, with the result that some individuals and organisations have found themselves unjustifiably subject to sanctions like frozen assets or travel bans. Considers what is needed to strike the right balance between effectiveness in combating terrorism and protection of individual rights of alleged terrorists, concluding that a satisfactory level of evidence and a proper legal defence are necessary principles.