UN Human Rights Commission Condemns Oil Blockade

“Policy goals cannot justify actions that in themselves violate human rights,” said UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Spokesperson Marta Hurtado on February 13.

Three special rapporteurs from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement last week that said: “The U.S. executive order imposing a fuel blockade on Cuba is a serious violation of international law and a grave threat to a democratic and equitable international order.”

They added that the Trump administration's claims that Cuba supports terrorism and represents an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security lack credibility.