NEW YORK (17 October 2018) – Unilateral sanctions that deprive innocent people of food and medicines must end immediately, a UN Special Rapporteur on the effect of sanctions on human rights said today...

GENEVA (13 September 2018) – Sanctions must not degenerate into blockades which expose innocent people to the ravages of economic war in peacetime without the protection of the Geneva Conventions...

GENEVA (22 August 2018) – Sanctions must be just, and must not lead to the suffering of innocent people, says United Nations Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy. “The reimposition of sanctions against...

Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights considers some recent developments concerning unilateral...

Arabic End of mission statement 17 May 2018 Preliminary observations and recommendations I would like to begin this briefing by expressing my gratitude to the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic...

Arabic DAMASCUS/GENEVA (17 May 2018) – An independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Council says an unintended consequence of unilateral sanctions on the Syrian Arab Republic is that the Syrian...

GENEVA (10 May 2018) – A United Nations human rights expert, Idriss Jazairy, will visit the Syrian Arab Republic from 13 to 17 May to investigate the impact of unilateral sanctions on human rights...