The unilateral actions of the United States against Cuba are illegitimate and harm the human rights of the people, declared Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The official, in announcing the initial conclusions of her visit to the island to national and international media, indicated that these coercive actions affect all aspects of life in the country and directly harm its citizens, particularly the most vulnerable groups.
She also noted that these actions are particularly damaging amidst the problems the Caribbean nation faces due to the international crisis, the impact of climate events, and internal economic difficulties.
Furthermore, she emphasized that the inclusion of the island on the U.S. State Department’s list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism intensifies the harmful consequences. Douhan recalled that Cuba has been under the US embargo since 1962.
This year, the current US administration extended the country’s inclusion on the embargo list, causing severe economic damage and significantly hindering the island nation’s efforts to secure essential services and develop social policies.
Douhan directly verified the real impact of the embargo on the human rights of Cubans through his visits and conversations held since November 11 with various sectors of the country’s political, social, and economic life, as well as with institutions and projects.
“Such measures limit the State’s capacity to develop public policies, violate the rights to food and a dignified life, obstruct academic exchanges, affect the supply of energy, drinking water, and medicines, and violate the right to life in general,” he emphasized.
The report that the UN Human Rights Council will present in September 2026 will urge the United States to end this unilateral policy “without international legal basis”, the secondary sanctions and their excessive enforcement.
IMAGE CREDIT: Alena Douhan recalled that Cuba has been under US sanctions since 1962. Photo: EFE.
[ SOURCE: teleSUR ]
