Abstract:
This study is trying to explain the meaning of international sanctions in its various forms,
after it has become the most method used in all international relations as a solution to conflicts
between different countries. The study identifies entities that possess the authority to issue
these sanctions in their international and unilateral forms.
The study presents Magnitsky and Caesar Laws and the conditions for their adoption by the
US administration; Their adoption as alternative means of putting pressure on governments
that in their actions exceeded human rights and threatened international peace and security.
The study concluded that economic sanctions are not new in international relations, but are
old and renewed in our current era. The sanctions have advantages that make them superior to
the military means. The sanctions have been adopted by many entities of public international
law. Most governments in various countries have begun to include them within their punitive
policy, especially the Magnitsky law.
