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This chapter explains the conceptual framework supporting the sanctions assessment methodology—a framework that is based on the concept of “human security”. Eight human security subject areas are used to capture the status of conditions of life; these eight areas are organized within two clusters: a core cluster, relating to the basic existential needs of the individual; and a systemic cluster, which relates to the socioeconomic environment within which those core needs are located. This construct provides a foundation for structuring the assessment methodology.
This chapter also defines two aspects of the interface between human rights and the humanitarian implications of sanctions. First, considerations of human rights under sanctions are incorporated when taking account of discriminatory access to goods and services or limits to the participation of key groups in political, social and economic activity that may occur because of sanctions. Second, by identifying the impact of sanctions on humanitarian conditions, the assessment methodology can provide a foundation upon which practitioners can build human rights assessments by incorporating additional considerations of the duties and obligations of various actors.
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