They ask the U.S. Government to put an end to the use of unilateral sanctions.
Dozens of legal organizations and more than 200 lawyers and academics from around the world today urged the U.S. government to end unilateral economic sanctions, which constitute collective punishment of civilians.
"The United States imposes more unilateral economic sanctions than any other country in the world," the collective expressed in a letter sent Monday to President Joe Biden in which they mention the cases of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.