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Belarussian law professor

Alena Douhan of Belarus is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, as 25 March 2020. When appointed, she was a professor of International Law at the Belarusian State University and the Director of the Peace Research Center.

Douhan earned a PhD at the Belarusian State University in 2005 and a Dr. hab. in International Law and European Law in 2015.

Special Rapparteur

Qatar

Douhan was in Qatar for twelve days in November 2020 to assess the impact of sanctions imposed by neighbouring countries. She was due to report in September 2021 but made a statement critical of the sanctions.

=Venezuela, 2021

Douhan was due to visit Venezuela in August 2020 to investigate the impact of [[international sanctions. She spent 31 January 2020 to 13 February 2021 there, and declared on her preliminary findings on 12 February: that sanctions against Venezuela have had a noticeable impact in both the economy and the population. 66 Venezuelan NGOs asked Douhan in an open letter to consider the harmful impact of sanctions in the context of years of repression, corruption and economic mismanagement that predate the sanctions.

Publications

The Ukrainian Crisis: Wrong Responses of the International Community?
Douhan, A. F. (2018). Fundamental human rights and coercive measures: impact and interdependence. Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations, 1, 67-77. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/internationalRelations/article/view/1307
Douhan, Alena F. "CHANGING NATURE OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW." Kutafin University Law Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2018, p. 290+. Accessed 10 June 2020.

References

^ "Ms. Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures". Office of the High Commissioner. United Nations Human Rights. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
"Siege nations asked to lift anti-Qatar steps including ban on freedom of speech". Gulf-Times. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
"'Implement provisional measures decided in favour of Qatar'". Gulf-Times. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
"Venezuela security operations leave over 1,300 dead in five months, U.N. rights office says". Reuters. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
"¿Quién es Alena Douhan, la relatora de la ONU que visitó Venezuela?". El Nacional (in Spanish). 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"66 Venezuelan NGOs Pen Open Letter to UN Special Rapporteur on Sanctions". Washington Office on Latin America. 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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