• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Trade embargoes do not violate international law.

    International laws do not exist. Source. Thus, the unilateral sanctions of the U.S. is beyond the law, and could be considered an act of war. The geopolitics of the region is not my concern. The unethical sanctions are.

    And don’t confuse a statement by a UN employee for a statement by the UN.

    The United States will not allow a vote in the UN on sanctions. That’s why they have to do press releases. It is from the UN. The nuclear sanctions are supported by the UN, but not the economic sanctions. Which is why the tanker was seized.

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      1 year ago

      International laws do not exist.

      Alena Douhan, the Special Rapporteur you cited.

      States have an obligation under international human rights law

      Make up your mind. If they don’t exist, then what she said is meaningless.

      And on the subject of Ms Douhan…

      The Special Rapporteurs are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. … Special Procedures’ experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.

      Looks like she was speaking for herself, not for the UN.

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        1 year ago

        States have an obligation under international human rights law

        The Human Rights law, is “international”, as in more than one nation recognizes it… and only 160+ of ~200 nations routinely break it with little consequence.

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        1 year ago

        This pedantic and not worthy of my time. You have no interest in the truth, only in winning. So, great you won. We should sanction the world into panic and starvation until countries destabilize and launch wars that destroy humanity. Nice win!