Following the recent adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2664 which permits exemptions from sanction measures for certain humanitarian activities and / or activities to meet basic human needs, the UK government has issued a new statutory instrument, namely the Sanctions (Humanitarian Exception) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/121), to modify existing UK sanction regulations to implement these exemptions. Specifically, the instrument makes amendments to the following regulations:
– the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/411);
– the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/433);
– the South Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/438);
– the Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/461);
– the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466);
– the Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/616);
– the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/617);
– the Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/642);
– the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/705);
– the Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/707);
– the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753);
– the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1278);
– the Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1665); and
– the Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281).
The modified provisions thereby permit the exemption from asset-freezing measures for above noted activities so long as these activities are performed by
– the UN or any of its related organizations and
– nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or international organizations supporting the work of the UN.
A corresponding list of organizations is provided in the provisions.
The Sanctions (Humanitarian Exception) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
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21804
Other Features
asset freezing
banks
payment services
sanctions
Date Published: 2023-02-09
Date Taking Effect: 2023-02-09
Regulatory Framework: UK Sanctions
Regulatory Type: regulation
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