A/HRC/42/46 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Overview of the activities of the Special Rapporteur .................................................................... 3 III. Recent developments regarding the use of unilateral sanctions .................................................... 3 A. Islamic Republic of Iran ...................................................................................................... 3 B. Cuba ...................................................................................................................................... 4 C. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ........................................................................................ 5 D. Russian Federation................................................................................................................ 10 E. Qatar ..................................................................................................................................... 11 F. State of Palestine................................................................................................................... 12 G. Syrian Arab Republic ........................................................................................................... 12 H. Yemen ................................................................................................................................... 13 Emerging consensus of the international community to condemn and resist the extraterritorial application of unilateral sanctions ................................................................................................. 13 A. Condemnation of the extraterritorial application of unilateral sanctions .............................. 13 B. Obligation to resist the extraterritorial application of unilateral sanctions ........................... 14 V. Recommendations and proposals of the Special Rapporteur ........................................................ 17 VI. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 18 IV. 2