Panel Discussion on Unilateral Coercive Measures - 7th Meeting, 54th Regular Session of Human Rights Council (production date: 14 September 2023)

Theme: The impact of unilateral coercive measures and overcompliance on the right to development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Chair:     

• H.E. Mr. Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statements:

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Ms. Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights

Panellists:

• Mr. Mihir Kanade, Member of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
• Ms. Elena Gentili, Country Director in Cuba, Oxfam
• Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
• Mr. Amir Saed Vakil, Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran

SPEAKERS:

• Syrian Arab Republic (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Haydar Ali Ahmad
• Azerbaijan (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Ms. Dilara Abdullayeva
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Hector Constant Rosales
• European Union, Mr. Thomas Wagner
• Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mr. Ali Bahreini
• Armenia, Ms. Lilit Toutkhalian
• Russian Federation, Mr. Yaroslav Eremin
• Zimbabwe, Mr. Stuart Harold Comberbach
• Namibia, Mr. Jerry Mika
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Hector Constant Rosales
• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla Roman
• Belarus, Ms. Larysa Belskaya
• Associazione Comunita Papa Giovanni XXIII (Joint Statement), Ms. Maria Mercedes Rossi
• Centre Europe - Tiers Monde, Ms. Fatimatou Djibo
• Medical Support Association for Underprivileged Iranian Patients (Joint Statement), Mr. Mahdi Mohebirad
• China, Mr. Feng Yong
• Algeria, Ms. Faouzia Boumaiza-Mebarki
• Egypt, Mr. Shady Hesham
• Malaysia, Ms. Nur Atiqa Md Akim
• Gambia, Ms. Baturu S.J. Camara
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez
• South Africa, Ms. Portia Mngomezulu
• Bachehaye Asemane Kamran Rehabilitation Institute, Mr. Sajjad Ghadamyari
• Association of Iranian Short Statured Adults, Mr. Ayeh Moshari
• Legal Analysis and Research Public Union, Mr. Ramil Iskandarli
• Mr. Mihir Kanade, Member of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (Final Remarks)
• Ms. Elena Gentili, Country Director in Cuba, Oxfam
• Mr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
• Mr. Amir Saed Vakil, Assistant Professor at the University of Tehra