UN and EU could be violating human rights, report says

THE UN and the EU are in danger of breaching people’s human rights by blacklisting individuals and groups suspected of links with terrorists, according to a new report.

Countries, including Ireland, that are implementing the sanctions including freezing assets and refusing leave to travel, could be contravening the European Convention on Human Rights, the report says.

Drawn up by lawyer Dick Marty for Europe’s primary watchdog the Council of Europe, the report said the procedures must be urgently overhauled. About 60 people are on the EU blacklist, while the UN Security Council has blacklisted 370 individuals.