Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1909 of 4 November 2021 implementing Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
Date: 2021-11-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Libya, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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4.11.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1909
of 4 November 2021
         
implementing Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (1), and in particular Article 21(1) thereof,


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

Whereas:







(1)


On 18 January 2016 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/44.












(2)


On 25 October 2021 the United Nations Security Council ('UNSC') Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1970 (2011) added one person to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.












(3)


Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


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




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 November 2021.


For the Council


The President

G. DOVŽAN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1.




ANNEX
The following person is added to the list in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/44:


            ‘
            29. Name: 1: Osama 2: Al Kuni 3: Ibrahim 4: n/a


Title: Manager of Al Nasr Detention Centre in Zawiyah Designation: n/a DOB: 4 April 1976
            POB: Tripoli, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: a) Osama Milad b) Osama al-Milad c) Osama Zawiya d) Osama Zawiyah e) Osama al Kuni Low quality a.k.a.: n/a Nationality: Libya Passport No: n/a National identification No: n/a Address: Zawiyah, Libya Listed on: 25 October 2021
            Other information: As de facto manager of the Al Nasr detention centre the person concerned has directly, and/or through subordinates engaged in or provided support to acts that violate applicable international human rights law, or acts that constitute human rights abuses in Libya. The Person concerned has acted for or on behalf of or at the direction of two listed individuals intrinsically linked to the human trafficking activities of the Zawiyah network, namely Mohamed Kashlaf (LYi.025) and Abdulrahman al Milad (LYi.026). Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).
Listed pursuant to paragraphs 11 (a), 11 (f) of resolution 2213 (2015); paragraph 11 of resolution 2441 (2018).

Additional information

As de facto manager of the Al Nasr detention centre the person concerned has directly, and/or through subordinates engaged in or provided support to acts that violate applicable international human rights law, or acts that constitute human rights abuses in Libya. The Person concerned has acted for or on behalf of or at the direction of two listed individuals intrinsically linked to the human trafficking activities of the Zawiyah network, namely Mohamed Kashlaf (LYi.025) and Abdulrahman al Milad (LYi.026). For years, the Al Nasr detention centre in Zawiyah has been singled out in public and in confidential reports describing the plight of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya, including torture, sexual and gender-based violence and human trafficking. Humanitarian organizations and victims of trafficking have consistently identified the person concerned as the de facto manager of the detention centre. Three individuals who had been working in the Al Nasr detention centre were served prison sentences for torturing migrants in the detention centre.’