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<h1 class="reader-title">US Sanctions Violate Human Rights,
International Law: UN Expert</h1>
May 7, 2019</div>
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<p>The United Nations (U.N.) Special Rapporteur on the
negative impact of sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, expressed
deep concern on Monday at the recent measures against
Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran by the United States (U.S),
arguing the use of economic sanctions for political
purposes violates human rights and international law. </p>
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<p>“The resort by a major power of its dominant position
in the international financial arena against its own
allies to cause economic hardship to the economy of
sovereign States is contrary to international law, and
inevitably undermines the human rights of their
citizens,” the Special Rapporteur said.</p>
<p>The international expert stated unilateral measures are
against the U.N.’s <a
href="http://www.un-documents.net/a25r2625.htm"
target="_blank">Declaration</a> on the Principles of
International Law concerning friendly relations and
cooperation among States. The resolution, in accordance
with the international body’s Charter, was adopted by
the General Assembly on Oct. 1970, and it recalls “the
duty of States to refrain in their international
relations from military, political, economic or any
other form of coercion aimed against the political
independence or territorial integrity of any State.”</p>
<p>On this matter, Jazairy focused on the 150 sanction
designations from the U.S. to individuals and entities
in Venezuela since 2017 via Executive Orders (E.O.) and
the Kingpin Act. That are aimed to pressure President
Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan people. </p>
<p>A recent report, 'Economic Sanctions as Collective
Punishment: The Case of Venezuela', made by Columbia
University economist, Jeffrey Sachs, and Mark Weisbrot
from the Center for Economic and Policy Research,
revealed that 40,000 people may have died in the Latin
American nation in the last two years because of the
Trump Administration. </p>
<p>Also showing that over US$15 billion in Venezuelan
government assets are locked up due to the U.S.'s
sanctions preventing the nation from exporting and
importing, including food and medicine. “It is hard to
figure out how measures which have the effect of
destroying Venezuela’s economy...can be aimed at
‘helping the Venezuelan people’, as claimed by the US
Treasury,” the expert added.</p>
<p>Jazairy also denounced the implementation of Title III
of the Helms-Burton Act, signed on March 12, 1996,
during former President Bill Clinton’s administration,
with the objective of disrupting foreign investment to
the island and accentuating the economic effects of the
economic blockade.</p>
<p>Through the application of Title III, U.S. citizens can
sue in their country’s courts those persons and entities
that conduct business with about 200 state-owned
institutions in Cuba that were nationalized after Jan.
1, 1959. The full enforcement of the anti-Cuban law
would imply massive damages not only for Cuba but for
U.S., Canadian, and mainly European interests, as the
bloc is the largest foreign investor on the island and
the country’s top export market. </p>
<p>“The international community must come together to
challenge what amounts to blockades ignoring a country’s
sovereignty, the human rights of its people, and the
rights of third countries trading with sanctioned
States, all while constituting a threat to world peace
and security”, the U.N. appointee concluded. </p>
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