Topic: 2026 – Implementation of Sanctions
Country: Gabon
Delegate Name: Madelyn Tolsma
Over the past several years large efforts by the UN to regulate sanction regimes have been implemented The organizations confidence in Sanctions as way to desensitize nations from actions that conflict with the UNs stability goals, there are still issues regarding getting civilians access to humanitarian aid while under strict sanction regime, some have raised questions over whether sanctions are effective at all. The UK Supreme Court has used the powerful term ‘prisoners of the state’ to characterise the plight of those targeted, concluding that the ‘draconian nature of the [sanctions] regime … can hardly be over-stated’.124 The Canadian Federal Court criticised the ‘denial of basic legal remedies’ for targeted individuals as ‘untenable under the principles of international law’.
Despite its controversy the Republic of Gabon does support the implementation of sanction regimes as a means to desensitize corruption and crimes against humanity.
