EU EYES SANCTIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND GRAFT
December 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is considering introducing a Global Human Rights Sanction Regime to freeze assets and ban travel of individuals involved in rights abuses and corruption. Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok tweeted that “the EU decided to further develop a blueprint for an EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime” after a December 10 EU Council of Ministers (foreign affairs) meeting that discussed his motion on the issue. Questioned about the tweet, Federica Mogherini, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said that Blok had ...
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