Proposed changes will allow EU judges to use secret intelligence as evidence and protect sanctions from legal challenge.
![The Security Council's sanctions mechanisms have evolved since they were applied on Iraq in early 1990s, writes Sullivan [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014417144519351734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Gavin Sullivan is a doctoral candidate in the politics department at the University of Amsterdam and a solicitor representing individuals targeted by the UN al-Qaeda sanctions regime.
Proposed changes will allow EU judges to use secret intelligence as evidence and protect sanctions from legal challenge.
![The Security Council's sanctions mechanisms have evolved since they were applied on Iraq in early 1990s, writes Sullivan [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014417144519351734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)