nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210425-221210-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210425s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210425-221210-0 doi eng 342 23 Emtseva, Julia Author aut Sanctioning the Treatment of Uighurs in China Targeted Sanctions and Accountability Avenues for Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang Emtseva, Julia Verfassungsblog 2021-04-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier China has been accused by various states of committing genocide against the Uighurs and other Muslim communities in recent months. Against this background, in March 2021, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada announced sanctions against the Asian hegemon. Qualifying individual targeted sanctions remains a challenge for international lawyers due to the lack of clear demarcation between sanctions framework and the country-specific restrictive measures. Nevertheless, individual sanctions remain a viable option to pressure violators but alone might not be strong enough to deliver justice to victims. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 China Genocide Sanctions targeted sanctions Uighurs UN Sanctions Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/sanctioning-the-treatment-of-uighurs-in-china/ raw object