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EU sanctions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were first imposed in 1993, when it was known as Zaire, and consisted of an arms embargo against armed groups and travel bans against senior officials of the Mobuto regime.
In January 2021, the UK adopted The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
Ferdinand Ilunga Luyoyo has been removed from the EU’s DRC sanctions list following a successful challenge to his listing in the General Court (see previous post). Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1009 & Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/1020.
On 12 May 2022, the EU Court of Justice dismissed an appeal brought by Évariste Boshab challenging the General Court’s February 2021 decision to uphold the December 2018 acts maintaining his inclusion on the EU’s DRC sanctions list. C-242/21 P and T-111/19. See post, post, post & post concerning Mr Boshab’s other sanctions challenges. The ECJ said that a formal …
The EU General Court has annulled the December 2020 acts maintaining Ferdinand Ilunga Luyoyo’s designation under the EU’s DRC sanctions regime. The Court said that Mr Ilunga Luyoyo no longer held the positions that justified his designation and that the Council had failed to provide sufficient evidence of a link between him and the security situation in the DRC. Case: …
In recent weeks, the US has imposed sanctions and visa restriction measures related to various sanctions regimes and countries. These are summarised below. Somalia In response to delays in the Somali parliamentary electoral process, the US State Department imposed visa restrictions on an unspecified number of people said to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in …
Somalia 
Democratic Republic of the Congo 
Sudan 
China 
Chemical Weapons 
Terrorism
Recent designations and removals from UN, US, UK and EU non-Russia sanctions lists are summarised below. UN Al-Shabaab spokesperson Ali Mohamed Rage was added to the UN’s Somalia sanctions list. Press Release. The UK (Notice), Switzerland (Notice) and the EU (Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/341 & Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/340) have also designated Mr Rage. 7 people have been …
Somalia 
Iraq Terrorism Democratic Republic of the Congo 
Iran 
Zimbabwe 
Syria 
Ukraine
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