UN sanctions on Libya were first imposed in 2011, by UN Security Council Resolution 1970. They originally consisted of an arms embargo, along with targeted travel bans and asset freezes.
On 10 July 2023, The EU extended until 30 November 2023 the life of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, the EU naval operation implementing the UN arms embargo on Libya (previous post, Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1433, Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1439, Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2023/1556). Today, the candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the potential …
The EU has extended until 30 November 2023 the life of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, the EU naval operation implementing the UN arms embargo on Libya (Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1433, Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1439, Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2023/1556). The operation, established in January 2020 (previous post), involves the inspection of vessels bound to or from Libya where there …
On 15 May 2023, the UN Libya Security Council Committee have granted a humanitarian travel exemption (press release), pursuant to paragraph 16(a) of resolution 1970 (2011), effective from 1 June through 30 November 2023, to the following three individuals: Safia Farkash Al-Barassi; Aisha Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Qadhafi; and Mohammed Muammar Qadhafi. Accordingly, these three individuals may undertake unlimited travel for humanitarian purposes …
The EU Court of Justice has dismissed an appeal brought by the European Council challenging the General Court’s decision to annul the 2017 and 2020 acts (implementing UN listings) maintaining the listing of Aisha Muammer Mohamed El-Qaddafi, the daughter of the late Colonel Qaddafi (also Gaddafi), on the EU’s Libya sanctions list. Cases C-413/21 P and T-322/19. See previous post. …
The EU has implemented the humanitarian exemption to UN sanctions set out by UNSC Resolution 2664 (2022) in respect of its Iran, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, North Korea, terrorism and Mali sanctions regimes. In February 2023, the EU introduced the exemption to its Somalia, CAR, Yemen, Haiti, Iraq and Lebanon (assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri) sanctions regimes. …
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