US sanctions comparable to 'war crime'
China DailyUS President Joe Biden. Scores of legal organizations and hundreds of lawyers from around the world have told US President Joe Biden that broad economic sanctions imposed by the United States amount to collective punishment and violate international law, and that it should end. In a letter addressed to Biden, the signers called for the US to "comply with the international law by ending the use of broad, unilateral coercive measures that extensively harm civilian populations". The letter said the unilateral application of certain economic sanctions by Washington constitutes collective punishment, "which is considered a war crime" and prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. The sanctions "can spark and prolong economic crisis, hinder access to essential goods like food, fuel and medicine, and increase poverty, hunger, disease and even death rates, especially among the children", the letter said.
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