Gharibabadi: Cross-Border Sanctions Violate Human Rights

Tehran - BORNA - Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on Wednesday, attended a meeting with the ambassadors and chargés d'affaires of nine countries, where he discussed multilateral cooperation strategies to counter unilateral coercive measures.

In this meeting, referring to the inconsistency of unilateral sanctions with the principles of international law and the UN Charter, he emphasized: "Sanctions that have extraterritorial effects, especially those imposed outside the framework of the United Nations Charter, violate human rights and the fundamental principles of international law. Even sanctions imposed under the UN Charter must be accompanied by adherence to human rights considerations."

Citing numerous international documents, including resolutions of the UN General Assembly, the Human Rights Council, and statements by multilateral groups such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Group of Friends of the UN Charter, the G77, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and BRICS, Gharibabadi noted: "These documents all emphasize the illegality of unilateral sanctions and urge governments to work to mitigate their negative effects."

He also stated that sanctioned governments have a duty to counter these illegal actions, and other countries must also prevent the implementation of such sanctions and reduce their adverse effects, especially in the area of human rights.

The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister concluded by welcoming the initiatives of independent governments to counter oppressive sanctions and regarded the decision of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to name the 25th of October as "Anti-Sanctions Day" as a positive step in this direction.

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