ABSTRACT
During the 1990s, as the response to civil wars started to predominate the United Nations's (UN's) activities in the field of peace and security, it became commonplace for the Security Council to issue ceasefire calls toward all warring factions, including non-state groups, before invoking Chapter VII. Individuals can be seen as part of a broader category of actors other than UN member states. Apart from the actors of essentially international nature, the UN Security Council has also been directly addressing non-state armed groups. The institutional direction to constitute non-state armed groups as an overall target of the UN's sanctions has been combined with the Security Council's practice to utilise targeted sanctions. On top of the calls and demands, the Security Council frequently directs demand towards non-state armed groups when it is acting under Chapter VII. The dimension of the UN Security Council's exercise of authority concerns the modality through which Chapter VII measures are implemented.
