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Sanctions In Haiti Human Rights and Democracy under Assault
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Elizabeth D. Gibbons
ISBN: 0-275-96606-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96606-5
160 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/1999
List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: The Washington Papers
Description: Gibbons analyzes the ruinous three-year trade embargo imposed on Haiti in response to the September 1991 coup d'etat to President Aristide's return to office in October 1994. She dissects the multidimensional impact of sanctions on Haitian society by examining the economic devastation and social dislocation that they provoked, despite the mitigation of humanitarian exemptions consistently granted by the Security Council. Gibbons also examines the counterproductive, unpredictable effects that sanctions have had on Haiti's nascent democratic institutions and processes.

Drawing on contemporary research of noted academics and international legal experts, this analysis places Haiti's experience of sanctions in a wider context. From the Haiti case, Gibbons draws conclusions about the utility of comprehensive sanctions as an instrument for the advancement of democracy and human rights and recommends measures that policymakers may find better suited to achieving these objectives.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
    Preface
    Political, Diplomatic, and Economic Context
    Impact of International Sanctions inside Haiti
    Mitigating Role of Humanitarian Assistance
    The Sanctions Instrument: Contemporary Analyses
    Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: ELIZABETH D. GIBBONS is Deputy Director of UNICEF's Office of Emergency Programs./e Ms. Gibbons's career in social development and humanitarian affairs has spanned close to 20 years, 15 of which have been spent as an international civil servant with UNICEF.
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