UPDATE: Since our last post below, on April 26, the UK introduced its new global anti-corruption sanctions regime. This sanctions regime follows other EU and UK sanctions regimes and is based on two types of sanctions imposed on listed individuals, i.e., assets freeze and travel ban. On the same day, the UK government also announced … Continue Reading
Effective at midnight China Standard Time on Saturday, March 28, 2020, China is temporarily suspending the entry of foreign nationals who hold a valid ordinary visa or residence permit.… Continue Reading
Effective at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, March 20, 2020 the United States limited non-essential travel across its northern and southern borders through April 20, 2020. The decision comes following negotiations with Canada and Mexico in response to the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The restrictions target passengers, not cargo. Administration officials continue … Continue Reading
On March 11, 2020, President Trump announced via a nationally televised address that effective from 11:59 p.m. EDT, March 13, 2020, he would suspend or limit travel into the US from foreign nationals who have recently been in certain European countries in an effort to curtail the person-to-person transmission of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the … Continue Reading
We have a global effort to help businesses understand the variety of impacts, on the legal, regulatory and commercial fronts, caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus.… Continue Reading
On October 14, 2019, the EU published a regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua. The EU sanctions target persons and entities responsible for human rights violations or abuses, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, as well as persons and entities whose actions, policies or activities otherwise undermine democracy and the rule of … Continue Reading
The Council of the EU has decided to extend the EU restrictive measures concerning the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the asset freezes, until 31 March 2019 (Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/459). In addition, the EU has decided to lift a travel ban on persons who were involved in violent incidents in Mostar on 10 February 1997 (Council Decision (CFSP) … Continue Reading
On 23 September, the European Council extended EU sanctions against Burundi until 31 October 2018. The restrictive measures include a travel ban and asset freeze on four persons whose activities were judged to be undermining democracy and stifling attempts to reach a political solution to the situation in Burundi. The official Council press release is available here.… Continue Reading
On 2 June 2017, the UN Security Council adopted new sanctions targeting 18 North Korean officials and entities as a result of North Korea’s recent ballistic missile tests. Under these sanctions, entities and people are subject to an asset freeze and travel ban in all UN countries. The EU’s implementing measures are Commission Regulation 2017/970, which amends Council Regulation 329/2007 … Continue Reading
On 11 April 2017, the EU Council renewed the restrictive measures against Iran until 13 April 2018. Currently, the restrictive measures include a travel ban and asset freeze on 82 people and one entity, in addition to a ban on exports to Iran of equipment, which might be used for internal repression or monitoring telecommunications. … Continue Reading
The EU Council has renewed the EU sanctions against Burundi until 31 October 2017. The sanctions include travel bans and asset freezes against four people whose activities are deemed to be undermining democracy or obstructing the search for a political solution to the crisis in Burundi. The EU Council’s press release stated that the absence of progress in the situation … Continue Reading
Following the annual review of the EU’s sanctions against Zimbabwe, restrictive measures against 78 individuals and eight entities for whom sanctions had previously been suspended, have now been lifted. The EU Council renewed the remaining sanctions for an additional year; these will now remain in place until 20 February 2017. The measures include an asset freeze and travel ban … Continue Reading
