Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as criminal or civil punishment.
These assumptions act as schemas to constitute our âassumptive worldâ, defined as âa strongly held set of assumptions about the world and the self which is confidently maintained and used as a means of recognizing, planning, and acting by M. Parkes.
Neither UN sanctions nor decentralised countermeasures, however, are meant to be punitive in nature. They do not aim to âpunishâ the recalcitrant state, but only to put pressure on it as an inducement for ceasing its internationally wrongful conduct. The aim of centralised or decentralised sanctions, thus, is the return to legality and normality.