UN sanctions on Lebanon were first introduced in 2005 by UN Security Council Resolution 1636. They imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on people suspected of being involved in the planning, sponsoring, organising or perpetrating the terrorist bombing in Beirut (14 February 2005) that killed 23 people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
In July 2021, the EU adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1275 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1277 to establish a new sanctions framework to address the deteriorating financial, economic, social and political situation in Lebanon.
The European Council has implemented the humanitarian exemption to UN sanctions set out by UNSC Resolution 2664 (2022) with respect to its Somalia, CAR, Yemen, Haiti, Iraq and Lebanon (assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri) sanctions regimes. See previous post. Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/338 and Council Regulation (EU) 2023/331. Under the exemption, the making available of funds or economic …
The EU has renewed its Lebanon sanctions framework for 12 months until 31 July 2023. Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1314 & Press Release. The framework was adopted in July 2021 and provides for sanctions on people and entities “responsible for undermining democracy or the rule of law in Lebanon” (previous post). No designations have been made under the authority.
Lebanon On 28 October 2021, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Lebanese businessmen Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury, as well as Jamil Sayyed, Member of Lebanon’s Parliament, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13441. According to OFAC’s Press Release, they have “each personally profited from the pervasive corruption and cronyism in Lebanon, enriching themselves at the …
The EU Parliament has adopted resolutions calling for targeted sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for situations in Lebanon, Afghanistan, the UAE and Cuba: Resolution 2021/2878 (RSP) calls for the EU to impose sanctions on all those who fulfil the criteria of the recently adopted Lebanon sanctions framework in response to the “political, economic, social, financial and health crisis” in …
Over the past month, several sanctions regimes and related regulations have been renewed around the world: The US renewed its Export Control Regulations until 17 August 2021 by continuing the national emergency as declared in Executive Order 13222 (Notice); The UN Security Council adopted: resolution 2590, which renewed its Mali sanctions regime until 31 August 2022 (Press Release); and resolution …
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