Non-official UN languages: Portuguese Português (Word) RIO DE JANEIRO (8 December 2023) – Brazil’s Government must end the brutal violence being inflicted on people of African descent by the country’s...

Non-official UN languages: Portuguese Português (Word) GENEVA (24 November 2023) – Members of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of...

NEW YORK (19 October 2023) – Rapid expansion and enforcement of unilateral primary sanctions, secondary sanctions, as well as imposition of civil and criminal penalties for alleged violations...

Background and purpose Unilateral coercive measures and various types of unilateral sanctions have both direct and indirect impact on all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural...

GENEVA (28 September 2023) – Systemic racism against people of African descent pervades America’s police forces and criminal justice system, and US authorities must urgently step up efforts to reform...

GENEVA (27 September 2023) – UN experts* today urged the government of the United States of America to end the prolonged pre-trial detention of Alex Nain Saab Morán, a Venezuelan Special Envoy...

Summary Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/21, and at the invitation of the Government, the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context...

GENEVA (19 September 2023) – Companies and States should ensure unimpeded flow of medicine and medical goods to countries under sanctions to save lives and minimise suffering,” the UN Special...

GENEVA (15 September 2023) – Unilateral sanctions and over-compliance have a detrimental impact on the enjoyment of all aspects of the right to health, a UN expert said today. “Health systems around...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, provides an overview of recent factual and legislative developments of overcompliance and criminal and civil penalties for circumvention of sanctions regimes; assesses the legality of some types of recent practice from the point of international law; and focuses on the humanitarian impact of secondary sanctions, as well as civil and criminal responsibility for circumvention of sanctions regimes and the consequent zero-risk policy and overcompliance, including on humanitarian work.