Cuba Libre: The Oppression Havana Hides.
This event and panel discussion will offer perspectives on the harsh realities.
Event organized by the Permanent Mission of the United States to the UN,Focus on the economic measures taken by one State to compel a change in the policy of another State.
According to the United Nations Human Rights Office ( OHCHR ), the term “ unilateral coercive measures ” usually refers to economic measures taken by one State to compel a change in the policy of another State . Examples of such measures include trade sanctions in the form of embargoes and the interruption of financial and investment flows between sender and target countries. More recently, so-called “smart” sanctions or “targeted” sanctions , such as asset freezing and travel bans have been employed by individual States in order to influence persons who are perceived to have political influence in another State (Human Rights Council resolution 19/33 ). Unilateral coercive measures and legislation are contrary to international law, including international human rights law and international humanitarian law , the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States, such as the Declaration on Principles of International Law co...
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