Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/398 of 5 March 2021 implementing Decision 2014/932/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Yemen
Date: 2021-03-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Yemen, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2021/398
of 5 March 2021
         
implementing Decision 2014/932/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Yemen


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2014/932/CFSP of 18 December 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Yemen (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 18 December 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/932/CFSP.












(2)


On 25 February 2021, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2564 (2021) expressing concern at the ongoing political, security, economic and humanitarian challenges in Yemen, and reiterating its call for all parties in Yemen to adhere to resolving their differences through dialogue and consultation.












(3)


United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2564 (2021) designates one individual to be subject to the restrictive measures imposed by paragraphs 11 and 15 of UNSCR 2140 (2014) and paragraph 14 of UNSCR 2216 (2015).












(4)


The Annex to Decision 2014/932/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2014/932/CFSP is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 March 2021.


For the Council


The President

A. P. ZACARIAS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 365, 19.12.2014, p. 147.




ANNEX
The following entry is added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/932/CFSP (List of persons and entities referred to in Articles 1(1), 2a(1) and Article 2b(1) and (2)):







‘6.


Sultan Saleh Aida Aida Zabin
Other information: Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Sanaa. Has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Yemen. Date of UN designation: 25.2.2021.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Sultan Saleh Aida Aida Zabin has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security and stability of Yemen, including violations of applicable international humanitarian law and human rights abuses in Yemen.
Sultan Saleh Aida Aida Zabin is the director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Sanaa. He has played a prominent role in a policy of intimidation and use of systematic arrest, detention, torture, sexual violence and rape against politically active women. Zabin as director for CID is directly responsible for, or by virtue of his authority responsible for, and complicit in the use of multiple places of detention including house arrest, police stations, formal prisons and detention centres and undisclosed detention centres. In these sites, women, including at least one minor, were forcibly disappeared, repeatedly interrogated, raped, tortured, denied timely medical treatment and subjected to forced labour. Zabin himself directly inflicted torture in some cases.’