The United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, the International Review of the Red Cross and the International Peace Institute hosted a webinar on United Nations Security Council Sanctions, International Humanitarian Law, and Humanitarian Action: Contrast and Convergence on Tuesday 24 May 2022.
This discussion drew on several recent publications and projects, including the International Review of the Red Cross’s double edition on Counterterrorism, Sanctions and War, the United Nations University’s project on UN Sanctions and Humanitarian Action, and the International Peace Institute’s policy paper on Carving Out Space for Humanitarian Action in the UN Security Council’s Counterterrorism Resolutions and Related Sanctions. All of these have called for confronting the continued challenges posed by Security Council sanctions to humanitarian organizations and offered solutions to address them.
This virtual discussion provided the opportunity to reflect on the ways the Security Council has approached humanitarian action within both the ISIL/al-Qaida sanctions regime and conflict-related sanctions regimes.
