In March 2026, Fransheska Companioni-Daroch (JD 2026), a student of the International Human Rights Center, along with Siraj Abbasi (JD 2027) and Adrian Roybal (JD 2027) of the University of California Irvine Law's International Justice Clinic, submitted a report on the effects of the Oil embargo against Cuba in response to a call for input of the UN Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercive Measures. The report was jointly submitted by the IHRC, UCI Law's International Justice Clinic, and A.C.E.R.E., a coalition of organizations and individuals who are engaged in advocacy efforts to change U.S. policy towards Cuba. You can read the report here.
The report focused on the effects of the Oil Blockade on the Cuban population's right to food by highlighting its effects on food transportation/storage/rising costs, limited access to food and water, agriculture, and responses to the lack of food. Additionally, the report included other negative impacts, such as the electrical grid collapse, infrastructure degradation, and effects on tourism, work, and hospitals. The report urged the Special Rapporteur to call on other UN member states to coordinate an emergency international humanitarian response, among other recommendations, while also providing context to the situation.