ABSTRACT
Security Council sanctions regimes are considerably differentiated, dividing tasks among various bodies, including the Security Council, sanctions committees, Panels of Experts and the UN Secretariat. This chapter analyzes how Council sanctions regimes are organized, focusing on scrutinizing the exact division of labor between the various bodies. It clarifies which tasks the Security Council retains and which it transfers to other subsidiary bodies, how this affects decision-making within the entire governance system, and how Council members adapt the division of labor between the various organs over time. Additionally, the chapter elucidates how the organization of sanctions regimes possibly affects Council members to align decisions with rules. It argues that while the UN Charter leaves Security Council members with wide-ranging discretion on how to administer its sanctions regimes, committee governance constrains decision-makers, thereby creating demand for rules and precedents to avoid stalemate.
