Abstract:

Throughout history, states have imposed sanctions against each other for political, legal, and moral reasons. In the post-Cold War period, sanctions began to take an important place in the agenda of the international community. During this period, the United States also implemented unilateral sanctions against certain states. In the post-September 11 era, new sanctions were become current issues under the Global Magnitsky Act (GMA) and the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for security or human rights reasons. However, the effect of the sanctions based on these acts has not been investigated in sufficient depth in the literature. This study has been carried out to find out how the fundamental rights and freedoms in Russia, China and Iran which are sanctioned under these acts for human rights violations are affected by these sanctions. The main finding of the research is that although the sanctions are effective in minor degree in Russia, there are major deteriorations in China and Iran, so, the sanctions do not achieve the intended success in preventing violations of rights.

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