Article 1
Decision 2014/932/CFSP is amended as follows: (1) in Article 2a(1), point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) planning, directing or committing acts that violate applicable international human rights law or international humanitarian law, or acts that constitute human rights abuses, including sexual violence in armed conflict, or the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict in violation of international law, in Yemen; or’; (2) in Article 2b(1), point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) planning, directing or committing acts that violate applicable international human rights law or international humanitarian law, or acts that constitute human rights abuses, including sexual violence in armed conflict, or the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict in violation of international law, in Yemen; or’; (3) the following article is inserted: ‘Article 6a By way of derogation from the measures imposed by UNSCR 2140 (2014) and UNSCR 2216 (2015), provided that the Sanctions Committee has determined on a case-by-case basis that an exemption is necessary to facilitate the work of the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations in Yemen or for any other purpose consistent with the objectives of those Resolutions, the competent authority of a Member State shall grant the necessary authorisation.’.