Summary

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena F. Douhan, provides an overview of the options and mechanisms for the monitoring and assessment of the impact of unilateral sanctions, the means of their enforcement and overcompliance on human rights. The report is focused on the development of a methodology for the monitoring and assessment of the impact of unilateral sanctions and overcompliance on human rights on the basis of several human rights indicators, the causality of humanitarian impacts, measures taken by States to mitigate the consequences of the use of unilateral sanctions and other factors that should be considered. It introduces the preliminary results of the monitoring and assessment undertaken using the tool that has been developed and highlights the efforts already taken by United Nations entities and specialized agencies, international non-governmental organizations and States to assess the impact of unilateral sanctions and overcompliance on human rights.