This list is meant to be a non-exhaustive resource to those wanting to understand the impact of sanctions. The articles presented represent a variety of viewpoints, and should not be seen as a reflection of an official position by the Lift Sanctions, Save Lives coalition.

Research

• Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela - Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs, CEPR

• Sanctioned to Death? The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Life Expectancy and its Gender Gap - Jerg Gutmann, Matthias Neuenkirch, & Florian Neumeier, The Journal of Development Studies

• The Case Against Sanctions - CEPR

• “Maximum Pressure” US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians’ Right to Health - Human Rights Watch

• The Human Cost and Gendered Impact of Sanctions on North Korea - Korea Peace Now

• Venezuela sanctions harm human rights of innocent people, UN expert warns - UN OHCHR

• Sanctions Are an Act of War: A Q&A about Economic Sanctions - MADRE

• Sanctions on North Korea: Fact Sheet - World Beyond War

• Thematic study on the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights - UN OHCHR​

• Sanctions, reconstruction and public health in Syria - Just World Educational

• Do sanctions lead to a decline in civil liberties? - Antonis Adam and Sofia Tsarsitalidou

• Coercive or Corrosive: The Negative Impact of Economic Sanctions on Democracy - Dursun Peksen and Cooper Drury, International Interactions

Articles and Op-Eds

• Two years on, a sobering look at the human toll of the maximum pressure campaign against North Korea - Henri Feron, Wilson Center

• Trump’s Broad-Based Sanctions Failed in Iran and Will Fail in North Korea - Hyun Lee, TruthOut

• Trump's deadly sanctions power should be reined in - Alexander Main

• ​​US Sanctions Are Designed to Kill - Kevin Cashman, Cavan Kharrazian, Jacobin Magazine

• Sanctions Are Inhumane—Now, and Always - Asli Ü. Bâli, Aziz Rana, Boston Review

• U.S. sanctions in a time of coronavirus are morally depraved as well as illegal under international law - Diana Duarte, Dan Deeton, MarketWatch

• A Pandemic Is No Time for US Economic Sanctions - Jeffrey Sachs, Francisco Rodriguez, Project Syndicate

Congress

• 34 Members of Congress urge Secretary Pompeo and Secretary Mnuchin to suspend Iran sanctions during pandemic (March 31, 2020)

• 11 senators calls for easing Iran sanctions during pandemic (March 26, 2020)

• H. R. 5879 - Congressional Oversight of Sanctions Act (introduced by Rep. Omar on February 12, 2020)

• Civil Society Groups Urge Congress to Reform Sanctions Law (February 12, 2020)

• 17 Members of Congress express concern to Secretary Mnuchin over 'maximum pressure' sanctions against Iran (December 12, 2019)

• 14 members of Congress concerned over humanitarian impact of Iran sanctions (February 28, 2019)

• 9 members of Congress oppose new sanctions on Venezuela (June 28, 2017)

United Nations

• UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights

• UN human rights expert urges to lift unilateral sanctions against Venezuela - UN OHCHR (February 12, 2021)

• Preliminary findings of the visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights - UN OHCHR (February 12, 2021)

• Venezuela sanctions harm human rights of innocent people, UN expert warns - UN OHCHR

• Thematic study on the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights - UN OHCHR​

• End of mission statement of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights to the Syrian Arab Republic, 13 to 17 May 2018 - UN OHCHR