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RSS FeedsEU NEEDS GREATER FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF SANCTIONS - UN EXPERT
(WorldNews Switzerland)

 
 

23 june 2017 12:56:09

 
EU NEEDS GREATER FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF SANCTIONS - UN EXPERT
(WorldNews Switzerland)
 


23 June 2017 (Issued as received) - BRUSSELS / GENEVA (23 June 2017) - The European Union has made progress in ensuring its sanctions allow for legal challenges and don`t harm human rights, but more work remains to be done, a UN rights expert has concluded after his first official visit to Brussels. `If sanctions are ever to be used, they should only address direct security threats or internationally recognized human rights violations,` Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy said. The expert said he had held `open and extensive` discussions with officials during his four-day visit, which was undertaken to assess the impact of EU sanctions on human rights, including the right to life and the right...


 
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