UN Official Calls for Lifting ‘Illegal’ Syria Sanctions After Seeing Devastation First-Hand

Rania Khalek is joined by UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Alena Douhan who returned from a 12-day visit to Syria where she assessed the negative impact of sanctions across the country. Upon her return, she called for the sanctions, which she deems illegal and a violation of human rights, to be lifted immediately. Prof. Douhan holds the UN position of Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on Human Rights. 

Read her statement here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/node/104160