Nathanael Tilahun

Nathanael Tilahun is a senior lecturer in international law at Essex Law School.

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Contemporary Sanctions as a Challenge to the Doctrine of Jurisdiction

Nathanael Tilahun

Contemporary sanctions based on extraterritorial control of national products and infrastructure such as currencies, high-tech products, and cyberspace are stretching established doctrines of states’ jurisdiction under international law. The presenter...

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The Problem with Using Sanctions as Human Rights Accountability

Nathanael Tilahun

In November 2021, the United States unveiled a flurry of sanctions in response to human rights and humanitarian law violations in the year-long armed conflict in northern Ethiopia. The conflict...