EU COUNCIL APPROVES NEW SYSTEM FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS
December 2nd, 2020
A FAST-TRACK approval system for the imposition of sanctions by the European Union (EU) on individuals and organisations deemed to have broken international human rights conventions has been approved by the EU Council of Ministers. It has created a regulation that will allow EU member states and the EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy to propose that EU-wide sanctions be imposed. The EU Council would rule on proposals.
Sanctions could include travel bans for individuals and freezing funds held by individuals and entities (private or ...
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