Evolution of Asset-Freezing through the UN Security Council
The UN Security Council (UNSC) carries out its task in maintaing and restoring international peace
and security. However, it is argued that the Security Council evolved new ways to maintain
international peace and security that differ from what was originally intended when the UN Charter
adopted in 1945. The Development of Asset-freezing could be considered as an example of this
evolution. This Article analyses the historic evolution of asset-freezing in the UN legal order by the
UNSC to identify the changes in the nature of asset-freezing. This article argues that asset-freezing
has been designed as a means to put pressure on states to abide by the orders of the UNSC for the
purpose of maintaining international collective security.