Toward a Global Sanctions Compact for Long-Overdue Reform

In this recently-published article in Just Security, AHSR team members George A. Lopez, Alistair Millar, and Erica Moret share their model sanctions checklist and code of conduct that the team developed as part of a sanctions reform effort to improve efficacy and minimize humanitarian harm. Click here to read the full article.

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AHSR Concept Note

A multistakeholder engagement was established in 2022 to undertake research and generate a set of voluntary principles to ensure that negative humanitarian impacts associated with sanctions and related regulations are mitigated and minimized. The AHSR team recognizes that targeted sanctions are vital for upholding norms and promoting international peace and security. When carefully designed and […]

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Wilton Park Conference Report on Sanctions, Incentives, and Human Security: Economic Statecraft and Humanitarian Crises

The May 2022 Wilton Park conference brought together a diverse group of 40 sanctions and humanitarian sector experts from around the world to discuss their research and to examine ways of including stronger safeguards to prevent sanctions’ negative humanitarian impacts, which among other positive outcomes would improve the effectiveness of sanctions. Hosted in partnership with […]

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