2014
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7329201400111
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Economic sanctions and human rights: an analysis of competing enforcement strategies in Latin America

Abstract: This article addresses the consequences of economic sanctions for the protection of human rights in Latin America. The literature on sanctions and compliance informs three hypotheses, which investigate the relationship between sanctions and the level of rights protection in two groups of countries: those that were targeted by sanctions and those that were not. Using data from the Political Terror Scale (PTS) and from Freedom House, I find empirical evidence that sanctions do improve the level of protection in … Show more

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“…Since the mid-1990s, this policy tool has been refined and implemented to avoid collateral damage (Cortright and Lepez 2002). It is assumed that this policy tool has been effective not only in minimizing pain for vulnerable civilian populations in target countries but also in improving human rights in non-target countries (Carneiro 2014). Some findings, however, suggest that civilian populations in target countries suffer, but those in non-target countries benefit from sanctions.…”
Section: The Limits (And Dangers) Of Policy Instruments For Human Securitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since the mid-1990s, this policy tool has been refined and implemented to avoid collateral damage (Cortright and Lepez 2002). It is assumed that this policy tool has been effective not only in minimizing pain for vulnerable civilian populations in target countries but also in improving human rights in non-target countries (Carneiro 2014). Some findings, however, suggest that civilian populations in target countries suffer, but those in non-target countries benefit from sanctions.…”
Section: The Limits (And Dangers) Of Policy Instruments For Human Securitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In all cases the results arise from a broad group of developed and developing countries in multiple regions. Some of the literature explores the impact of international sanctions on dimensions such as respect for human rights and democracy (Carneiro, 2014; Liou et al, 2021), labour informality (Eatly & Peksen, 2019), population health (Aloosh et al, 2019; Gutmann et al, 2021) or environmental performance (Fu et al, 2020).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…8, Nº. 2 (November 2017-April 2018 (Carneiro 2014). Furthermore, punitive measures give psychological support to activists and victims of human rights violation in target countries (Kinzelbach and Wolf 2015) and show that the EU and the US treat their values not as mere declarations, but as principles by which they genuinely abide.…”
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confidence: 99%