The European Union (EU) on Tuesday approved its first sanctions against six individuals and three entities for violations of women’s rights and sexual violence, according to the document Lusa had access to.
The list includes the Afghan Taliban ministers of higher education and ethics, three Russian police and armed forces officials, two militia officials in South Sudan, a Burmese deputy minister, who have their assets in the EU frozen and blocked from going to the community space. to travel.
Qarshak Women’s Prison in Iran, the Syrian Republican Guard and the Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs of Burma (Myanmar) are the first entities on the sanctions list to which EU companies are not allowed to provide services.
The Council of the EU emphasizes this in the document “combating and eradicating all forms of violence against women requires coordinated policies at all relevant levels and a comprehensive approach”. The strategic use of restrictive measures, think of Member States, “reinforces this approach and increases pressure to prevent further violations and abuses” and is part of the regime of restrictive measures against human rights violations.
The regulation, adopted on the eve of International Women’s Day, will enter into force after publication in the Official Journal of the EU.
Source: DN
