The Legality of Unilateral Sanctions by The United States and European Union Countries Against Russia for Its Invasion to Ukraine in 2022
Abstract
The imposition of international sanctions is a method that is often used by countries in the
world to resolve a dispute peacefully. The provision of international sanctions is called
unilateral sanctions, where the implementation is carried out unilaterally by the sanctioning
country. Likewise with the United States and the European Union which imposed unilateral
sanctions on Russia. However, the question is whether unilateral sanctions are legal under
international law and what can be done by the UN through the Security Council in response
to this? Through research on the legality of unilateral sanctions, this legal research aims to
identify the legality of unilateral sanctions in the eyes of international law and also to identify
what actions the United Nations through its Security Council can take in this regard under
current international law. This research is normative legal research using a statutory,
comparative, and historical approach to answer the formulation of the problem. As a result, it
was found that the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union
on Russia were legal and the United Nations through its Security Council could advise on the
use of "smart sanctions". A further suggestion regarding this issue is that the United Nations
can also make changes to the way the veto is used so that the dispute resolution process can
run well.
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