NOURNEWS - "Alena Dohan", the special rapporteur of the United Nations on "the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on people's enjoyment of human rights", in May of this year, during an 11-day trip to Iran, conducted a comprehensive investigation on the effects of unilateral US sanctions on the "people" of our country and reported published it.
Dohan has a remarkable track record in examining the consequences and status of sanctions and unilateral coercive measures against different countries. Special reporters often try to carry out their duties without being influenced by the political pressure of governments and based solely on the principle of human and professional conscience, and Alena Dohan's track record in this field is similar. Based on this, Alena Dohan's reports have legal and global validity and acceptability and are considered a component for international decision-making and actions.
The text of the UN Special Rapporteur's report is derived from significant keywords that can be a criterion for judging global measures against the West's anti-Iranian sanctions. Words such as illegal, unorthodox, illegitimate, anti-human rights, inhumane, unfair and economic war are among the definitions used by Dohan regarding sanctions against Iran.
She emphasizes that the effects of the sanctions, contrary to the claim of the United States, were officially and widely against the "Iranian nation", which, as a violation of human rights and superior standards, is contrary to all international laws and regulations and should be revised. In his report on drug supply, Dohan says: "Iran produces about 95% of its basic drugs and vaccines to reduce the impact of unilateral sanctions with production systems and ensure optimal quality. However, Iranian pharmaceutical companies are unable to provide the necessary quality raw materials. It is facing problems and the increase in costs affects foreign purchases. Important challenges in the preparation and delivery of drugs and life-saving medical equipment produced by foreign companies and for the treatment of rare diseases, including certain types of cancer, thalassemia, hemophilia, leukemia, MS, butterfly disease, autism, and certain types of diabetes. There is. Although the text of the sanctions states that drugs and medical equipment are not affected due to humanitarian exemptions, their supply to Iran has been severely reduced due to the sanctions' impact on financial, trading, shipping and insurance companies, international payment limits and foreign businesses."
This report correctly shows that the most obvious international laws and regulations and even the United Nations Charter have been violated by sanctions and unilateral coercive measures against Iran, and the perpetrators of these violations must be held accountable for their behavior. This report is a test for the West and international organizations in proving the claim of an interactive, discourse-oriented and humanitarian approach and maintaining global laws and regulations, which will definitely bring heavy costs for them if they fail.
From the point of view of international law, Alena Dohan's report creates legal and objective responsibility for international institutions and structures, including the United Nations, the Security Council, the Human Rights Council, and global legal and judicial institutions, and makes them responsible for confronting sanctions and unilateral coercive measures of the West against Iran says In this context, relying on legal mechanisms, he says: "Unilateral sanctions against Iran do not comply with a large number of international legal norms and principles, but are only applied to exert force on a country and can be justified as a countermeasure based on the law of international responsibility. are not. Therefore, these sanctions can be considered as unilateral coercive measures that are repeatedly condemned in the resolutions of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United Nations General Assembly. This special rapporteur also mentioned the presentation of the "1955 Treaty of Modet Violation Case" and welcomes its referral to the International Court of Justice.
Based on this, the international institutions, based on their duty and description of their legal and global duties, are obliged to condemn and cancel the sanctions against Iran of the West and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators, orders and implementers of these sanctions, as clearly stated in Alena Dohan's report; "The West is obliged to cancel all unilateral measures against Iran, Iranian nationals and companies that have been applied without the permission of the United Nations Security Council and their use cannot be justified as countermeasures or retaliatory measures in accordance with international laws; Remove all existing restrictions on trade, financial payments and delivery of food, medicine and medical equipment, as well as goods and services for the maintenance and development of critical infrastructure, which are considered necessary for Iranians to enjoy their human rights.
The negotiations that are now underway with the aim of canceling the illegal sanctions, whether they do not reach a conclusion due to the continuation of the excesses of the western parties, or whether the parties will reach an agreement by accepting the rights of the Iranian people in creating sustainable obligations, lifting the responsibility of the countries that have Iran in this The period they have sanctioned will not be, and they cannot avoid the burden of their legal and international responsibility regarding this report.
Compensating for the huge damages caused to the citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the minimum measure that the international community should follow by putting increasing pressure on the countries that seek to impose their political will on the Iranian nation by using sanctions.
The manner of paying attention to and following up on the report of Alena Dohan, the special rapporteur on human rights, which exposed the dimensions of the shameful crime of human rights claimants against the people of Iran, is a very important test that can determine the level of sincerity of international institutions in the matter of real defense of human rights.
BY: Mohammad Ghaderi
NOURNEWS