The bill also misses the point that the Security Council is not the only way for Aotearoa New Zealand to contribute to a global rules-based order of sanctions. For example, many sanctions go through the UN General Assembly by consensus of States working together or regional bodies that bring together closely linked neighbour States based on existing sanctions law. Allowing the application of unilateral sanctions will still protect the powerful global actors, and while the bill may appear to be about applying international human rights and humanitarian law without the impediment of the political antics of the Security Council, it creates further risk of politicisation of sanctions rather than fairness and equity.