Human rights and unilateral coercive measures
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countries, including their extraterritorial effects, thereby creating additional
obstacles to the full enjoyment of all human rights by peoples and individ uals under
the jurisdiction of other States,
Bearing in mind all the extraterritorial effects of any unilateral legislative,
administrative and economic measures, policies and practices of a coercive nature
against the development process and the enhancement of human rights in
developing countries, which create obstacles to the full realization of all human
rights,
Reaffirming that unilateral coercive measures are a major obstacle to the
implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development, 14
Recalling article 1, paragraph 2, common to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights 15 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, 15 which provides, inter alia, that in no case may a people be
deprived of its own means of subsistence,
Noting the continuing efforts of the open-ended Working Group on the Right
to Development of the Human Rights Council, and reaffirming in particular its
criteria, according to which unilateral coercive measures are one of the obstacles to
the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development,
1.
Urges all States to cease adopting or implementing any unilateral
measures not in accordance with international law, international humanitarian law,
the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and princip les governing peaceful
relations among States, in particular those of a coercive nature, with all their
extraterritorial effects, which create obstacles to trade relations among States, thus
impeding the full realization of the rights set forth in the Univ ersal Declaration of
Human Rights 16 and other international human rights instruments, in particular the
right of individuals and peoples to development;
2.
Strongly urges States to refrain from promulgating and applying any
unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with international
law and the Charter that impede the full achievement of economic and social
development, particularly in developing countries;
3.
Condemns the inclusion of Member States in unilateral lists under false
pretexts, which are contrary to international law and the Charter, including false
allegations of terrorism sponsorship, considering such lists as instruments for
political or economic pressure against Member States, particularly developing
countries;
4.
Urges all States not to adopt any unilateral measures not in accordance
with international law and the Charter that impede the full achievement of economic
and social development by the population of the affected countries, in particular
children and women, that hinder their well-being and that create obstacles to the full
enjoyment of their human rights, including the right of everyone to a standard of
living adequate for his or her health and well-being and his or her right to food,
medical care and education and the necessary social services, as well as to ensure
that food and medicine are not used as tools for political pressure;
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14
Resolution 41/128, annex.
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
16
Resolution 217 A (III).
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