International and Unilateral Sanctions Magnitsky and Caesar Model

Abstract

This study is trying to explain the meaning of international sanctions in its various forms, after it has become the most method used in all international relations as a solution to conflicts between different countries. The study identifies entities that possess the authority to issue these sanctions in their international and unilateral forms. The study presents Magnitsky and Caesar Laws and the conditions for their adoption by the US administration; Their adoption as alternative means of putting pressure on governments that in their actions exceeded human rights and threatened international peace and security. The study concluded that economic sanctions are not new in international relations, but are old and renewed in our current era. The sanctions have advantages that make them superior to the military means. The sanctions have been adopted by many entities of public international law. Most governments in various countries have begun to include them within their punitive policy, especially the Magnitsky law.