Jakarta: Alena Douhan, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures on human rights, has called on the United States (US) to remove unilateral sanctions against Syria that may hamper efforts to rebuild the war-torn country’s destroyed civilian infrastructure.
On Tuesday, the UN independent human rights expert voiced concerns that sanctions imposed under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act – also known as the Caesar Act – risk exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in Syria, especially in the course of covid-19 pandemic, and put Syrians at even greater risk of rights violations.
"The sanctions violate the human rights of the Syrian people, whose country has been destroyed by almost 10 years of ongoing conflict," she stated.
The broad sweep of the US anctions law that went into effect in June could target any foreigner helping in reconstruction of the devastated country, and even employees of foreign companies and humanitarian operators helping rebuild Syria.
The Caesar Act contains the most wide-ranging US sanctions ever applied against Syria.
"What particularly alarms me is the way the Caesar Act runs roughshod over human rights, including the Syrian people's rights to housing, health, and an adequate standard of living and development. The U.S. government must not put obstacles in the way of rebuilding of hospitals because lack of medical care threatens the entire population's very right to life," she stated.
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