Sanctions and Humanitarian Intervention

Which of the following is not a foreign policy tool states can use to exert influence in international relations?

• Cutting diplomatic ties

• Sanctions

• Diplomatic pressure

• Martial law

Humanitarian intervention is often contested because it violates the ___ of a foreign state.

Which article of the UN charter establishes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of UN Member States?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 24

True or false: the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine can be used to legitimize humanitarian intervention only in cases of (suspected) genocide or ethnic cleansing.

• True

• False

The R2P doctrine has only been used once to formally legitimize a (multilateral) intervention, namely in Libya. In what year?

True or false: sanctions always apply to states, and not individuals.

• True

• False

Which of the following states is sanctioned by the UN, US, and EU at the same time?

• Egypt

• Cuba

• Iraq

• Myanmar

Which is a correct statement about asset freezes (a specific type of sanction)?

• Asset freezes allow states to take (permanent) ownership of all property belonging to sanctioned individuals or states.

• Asset freezes prevent individuals from accessing or transferring their financial assets (eg. bank accounts, investments).

• Asset freezes are policies that require the destruction of physical property owned by sanctioned individuals or states.

• Asset freezes require states to block all imports and exports to and from the targeted state.

An official government order that forbids trade or commercial activity with a particular state or non-state actor is called ____?

• Tariff

• Embargo

• Treaty

• Alliance

Which of the following is a common criticism of (economic) sanctions?

• They harm the population rather than political leaders

• They are very costly for the country that implements the sanction

• They are very rarely used

• They have no impact at all