Dignity Rights emphasizes the foundational role of human dignity in actualizing a robust and just rule of law. This panel of legal experts, academics, and activists addresses the nexus of international human rights, social justice, and economic sanctions. In the past decade, companies in the Asia Pacific region have faced higher risk of primary and secondary sanctions. This shift has occurred due to the companies’ foray into Western markets, where primary sanctions jurisdiction is most likely to exist, and the disbalanced efforts by Western governments to investigate and prosecute activities alleged to threaten their security or foreign policy objectives. Compliance with foreign sanctions is often the only commercially reasonable choice for companies that desire continued access to Western markets. This panel discusses the humanitarian impact of sanctions in the context of Iran, Yemen, and Palestine. Economic sanctions increase the poverty gap and fail to often achieve their aims. The damaging impact of sanctions on income inequality affects everyday people more than the leaders of sanctioned nations.
May 24, 2021 ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
Dignity Rights in Asia: Humanitarian Toll of Economic Sanctions
Panelists
- Huwaida Arraf, Attorney and Co-Founder, International Solidarity Movement
- Sahar Aziz, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, Rutgers Law School
- Fatmata Barrie, Attorney, The Barrie Law Center
- Brian Egan, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Hanieh Jodat Barnes, National Coordinator, Lift the Sanctions Campaign
- Aisha Jumaan, President, Yemen Relief & Reconstruction Foundation
Co-Moderators
- Nadia Ahmad, Associate Professor of Law, Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law; Council Member, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice; Co-Chair, Environmental Justice Committee, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
- Roula Allouch, Attorney, Graydon; National Board Chair, Council on American-Islamic Relations; Council Member, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice; Co-Chair, Bullyproof Committee, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
Joint Sponsor: ABA Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice
Co-Sponsors: ABA Center for Human Rights, ABA Center for Public Interest Law, ABA Commission on Disability Rights, ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities, ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty, ABA Commission on Immigration, ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, ABA Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, ABA Criminal Justice Section, ABA Diversity and Inclusion Center, ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, ABA International Law Section, ABA Law Student Division, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress, ABA Standing Committee on Public Education, ABA Young Lawyers Division
Resources
Transcript: Dignity Rights in Asia: Humanitarian Toll of Economic Sanctions
Presentation: Aisha Jumaan
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