How UN Counter-Terrorism Sanctions Are Made

Abstract

Gavin Sullivan’s encounter with UN counter-terrorism sanctions began in 2010. Then, as a practicing human rights lawyer, he a wrote a report on the subject, which resulted in him being in touch with several Tunisian men in France who found themselves on a sanctions list: This experience of working closely with listed individuals on these cases helped me see first-hand how unjust this regime of preemptive security governance is. People were being targeted on what appeared to be little or no grounds at all. And the consequences of being listed are incredibly severe. (4)