Statement on Unilateral Coersive Measures at the UN Security Council
On March 25th, Alfred de Zayas, expert on civil and political rights and former UN independent expert, made a presentation at the UN Security Council about unilateral coercive measures (UCMs or ‘sanctions’). UCMs generate humanitarian crises, legal and social chaos, leaving victims without effective access to justice and without remedies. UCMs are incompatible with the