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UK, US, EU & Canada impose Belarus sanctions
The UK, US, EU and Canada have imposed coordinated sanctions in response to the “continuing attacks on human rights and fundamental freedoms in Belarus, disregard for international norms and repeated acts of repression”. Joint Statement. UK The UK has designated 8...
Belarus
United Kingdom
United States
European Union
Canada
Australia passes law providing for thematic sanctions regimes
Today (2 December 2021), the Australian Parliament passed the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Magnitsky-style and Other Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021 which amends the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 to provide for the establishment of thematic sanctions regimes. Before...
Human Rights 
Corruption 
Chemical Weapons 
Cyber-Attacks 
Australia
ECJ overturns General Court’s annulment of Hamas designation
The European Court of Justice has overturned the General Court’s September 2019 judgment (T-308/18) which annulled the March and July 2018 acts maintaining Hamas on the EU’s terrorist sanctions list. Judgment C?833/19 P. Opinion of the Advocate General here. The...
Terrorism