Using Electric Circuits to Develop a TWAIL-Based Critique of the Global Human Rights (Magnitsky) Sanctions Regime

The Global Human Rights Sanctions (GHRS) regime was established by the US in response to the death of Sergei Magnitsky in 2016. It empowered governments to impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that committed serious human rights abuses, such as torture. Since then, the regime gained widespread acceptance in First World countries, particularly in the UK, the EU, Canada, and Australia. However, whilst the regime was aimed at human rights violators in general, in practice, it demons