House of Commons · Written Ministerial Statement
Designations under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime
14 December 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Proposed by Dominic Raab Con Esher and Walton
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Key points
- The statement announces designations under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 targeting individuals and entities involved in serious human rights violations.
- Asset freezes and travel bans are imposed on designated individuals and an entity for their involvement in human rights abuses in Venezuela, Chechnya, Pakistan, and Gambia.
- No specific action is requested beyond the announcement of sanctions.
Issue summary
The statement announces designations under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 targeting individuals and entities involved in serious human rights violations.
Action requested
No specific action requested. The minister has announced the imposition of asset freezes and travel bans on designated individuals and an entity for their involvement in human rights abuses in Venezuela, Chechnya, Pakistan, and Gambia.
Key facts
- On 10 December, 11 individuals and one entity were designated under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020.
- Criteria include violations of the right to life, freedom from torture, cruel treatment, slavery, and extrajudicial killings.
- Designations target figures in Venezuela's Maduro regime responsible for killing and torturing protestors (2016-17).
- In Chechnya, senior officials are designated for persecution of LGBT community including executions and torture.
- Former President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia is designated for extrajudicial killings, disappearances, kidnappings, torture, and rape during his tenure (1994-2016).
- In Pakistan, a former senior police official is designated for involvement in extrajudicial killings.
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