Article 1
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2009 of 22 July 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2009 of 22 July 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 is amended as follows: (1) the following entries are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies under heading ‘A. Natural persons’: Names (Transliteration into Latin script) Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing ‘115. Abdel Karim Mohammad IBRAHIM عبد الكريم محمود إبراهيم (Arabic spelling) Position(s): Chief of staff of the Syrian Army POB: Tartous, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Abdel Karim Mohammad Ibrahim is the chief of staff of the Syrian Army. The Syrian state, including its military, commits systematic and widespread torture, rape and sexual and gender-based violence against civilians. As the chief of staff of the Syrian Army, Abdel Karim Mohammad Ibrahim is responsible for the actions of the armed forces under his command. Therefore, Abdel Karim Mohammad Ibrahim is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024 116. Ali Mahmoud ABBAS علي محمود عباس (Arabic spelling) Position(s): Minister of Defence and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army DOB: 2.11.1964 POB: Rif Dimashq, Syria Nationality: Syrian Gender: male Ali Mahmoud Abbas has been the Minister of Defence of Syria and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army since 2022. The Syrian state, including its military, commits systematic and widespread torture, rape as well as sexual and gender-based violence against civilians. As the Minister of Defense of Syria and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army, Ali Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for the actions of the armed forces under his command. Therefore, Ali Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024 117. RI Chang Dae Position(s): Minister of State Security Nationality: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Gender: male Ri Chang Dae has been the Minister of State Security in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) since 2022. Women and girls showing opposition to the regime or held in detention or prison centres in DPRK are systematically targeted by violence, particularly under the guard of the Ministry of State Security and in centres run by that Ministry. As head of the Ministry of State Security, Ri Chang Dae is responsible for numerous acts of sexual and gender-based violence committed by officials of that Ministry. Ri Chang Dae is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024 118*. Evgeniy Aleksandrovich SOBOLEV a.k.a. Yevhen Oleksandrovich SOBOLEV Евгений Александрович Соболев (Russian spelling) Position(s): Head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region DOB: 25.7.1985 POB: Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, Ukraine Nationality: Russian Gender: male Passport No.: 3125216313 Evgeniy Sobolev is the head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region. Under his command, a widespread and systematic pattern of human rights violations in detention facilities in areas under the control of the Russian occupation authorities, including the Kherson region, has been documented. This pattern includes torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and sexual and gender-based violence. The practices involved include rape, forced nudity, genital electrocution and threats of genital mutilation. Persons suspected of passing information to the Ukrainian authorities, or of supporting the Ukrainian armed forces, have been specifically targeted. In his capacity as head of the penitentiary service of the Russian occupational authorities in the Kherson region, Evgeniy Sobolev is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and other human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024’ (2) the following entries are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies under heading ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies’: Name (Transliteration into Latin script) Name Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing ‘32. Kokorat San Ras Type of entity: Haitian gang operating mostly in the Artibonite and North West region Kokorat San Ras is a gang operating in Haiti that came into existence and gained strength between 2015 and 2017. It operates in specific areas (Artibonite/North-West) and its influence keeps on growing. Kokorat San Ras is well known for its use of violent attacks and physical aggression in order to gain control of more areas. During those attacks, rape and other violence against women are a common weapon. Kokorat San Ras is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024 33. Onsong County MSS Detention Centre Type of entity: detention centre Place of registration: Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Onsong County MSS Detention Centre is a detention facility in North Hamgyong Province of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The facility is managed by the DPRK’s general police force, the Ministry of People’s Security (MPS), and is staffed by MPS state officials and correctional officers. In the Onsong County MSS Detention Centre, torture is an established part of the interrogation process, used to extract a full confession of those arbitrarily detained. Examples of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment include the prolonged denial of food, starvation, denial of medical assistance, lack of hygiene, positional torture. Detainees in the Onsong County MSS Detention Centre are also subject to rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, such as enslavement, invasive body searches, forced abortions, and systematic targeting of women’s capacity to reproduce. The Onsong County MSS Detention Centre is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrest or detention, as well as other human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024’
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