TY - JOUR ID - 162037 TI - Iranians' Economic Rights Violation by the US Sanctions in the light of ICESCR JO - Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs JA - IRFA LA - en SN - 20088221 AU - Jafari Nadoushan, Ali Akbar AU - Maghami, Amir AD - Division of Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Yazd University AD - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 12 IS - 34 SP - 330 EP - 352 KW - Sanctions KW - Human rights KW - Committee on Economic KW - Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) KW - International Covenant on Economic KW - Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) KW - Extraterritorial Obligations DO - 10.22034/irfa.2021.162037 N2 - In most target countries unilateral sanctions act as obstacles that deprive nationals of human rights, particularly economic rights. This descriptive-analytical study to assess the legitimacy of US sanctions from a human rights perspective, especially in relation to ICESCR, seeks to answer the following question: On what basis can the US government be committed to respecting the human rights of Iranians in imposing unilateral sanctions? It is necessary to prove the existence of such an obligation since a State is considered internationally responsible if it violates a proven obligation. As it assumes that all states have the commitment to cooperate for the fulfillment of human rights for all human beings, the findings of this study according to CESCR comments, show that obligations that are related to economic human rights including the obligation to respect and cooperate can be considered extraterritorial, as well. Regarding Iranians residing in America, the US government must respect and uphold these economic human rights in its territory and regarding the Iranians who are within a third country, a blend of (Extra)territorial obligations are raised for America and the countries in which Iranians reside. UR - https://irfajournal.csr.ir/article_162037.html L1 - https://irfajournal.csr.ir/article_162037_1ffd61827413563397723354c322387b.pdf ER -