Breakfast Briefing with Simon Fasterkjær Kjeldsen and Martin Lolle Christensen

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Sanctions – or Restrictive Measures – in the Context of International Law

Abstract

Sanctions have become a preferred foreign policy instrument within the tool box of economic instruments. The use of sanctions is mandated both within UN and EU law, and throughout the last decades they have been used, in particular but not only, by Western states and their allies. As a prominent example, severe sanctions have been imposed on Russia in response to its illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The use of international sanctions raises a number of relevant issues under international law. The breakfast briefing will give an overview and discuss recent developments and key international legal issues concerning the use of sanctions and restrictive measures, and consider both their application, limits and impact on developments in international law more broadly including in the perspective of countermeasures.

The speakers are both employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Denmark, but are speaking in their personal capacity. The views presented are those of the speaker and do not represent the views of MFA.

About the Speakers

Martin Lolle Christensen is Head of Section at the Department of International Law and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. He holds a law degree (cand.jur) from the University of Copenhagen, and an LL.M. and Ph.D. from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Simon Fasterkjær Kjeldsen is Sanctions Coordinator at the Department for Economic Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. He holds a law degree (cand.jur) from the University of Copenhagen, and is qualified for the Danish Bar as an attorney-at-law (currently deposited) with former practice areas in the field between international trade, national security and EU law.

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