In recent years, the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly have passed numerous resolutions expressing alarm about the adverse effects of unilateral coercive measures on human rights, notably unilateral sanctions, and affirming these measures as contrary to international law. Nonetheless, their use has grown enormously, to become a routine element of many countries’ foreign policy. Measuring the impact of unilateral sanctions on human rights is essential to alleviating this negative effect for all affected individuals and improve the humanitarian situation.
The tool proposes several areas/blocks, particularly those that have been explored by the Special Rapporteur in the implementation of the activities of her mandate, such as the thematic reports, communications on specific cases, and observations/findings following her official visits to affected by sanctions countries. Each block contains a non-exhaustive list of questions and indicators meant to capture information in as much detail as possible. It is not expected that a single user/stakeholder will be able to provide information on all the areas covered by these blocs and indicators. The tool is available to any user/stakeholder who wishes to submit relevant information. Users/stakeholders may focus only on those areas and blocks for which they can provide information. They are not required to fill all the fields.
The submissions are confidential.
