UN Human Rights Council experts describe the blockade against Cuba as a violation of international law and the human rights of the Cuban people.
Havana, 1 April 2024.- The Special Rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council on the Right to Food, the Right to Development, Extreme Poverty and the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights, in an unprecedented communication, have formally qualified the blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, aggravated by the inclusion of the country on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, as a serious violation of international law, including the principle of non-intervention in internal affairs, the principle of sovereign equality of States and