Ali Darassa

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID

CAF0016

OFSI group ID

14168

UN reference number

CFi.015

Designation type

Individual

Date designated

21 December 2021

Last updated

13 January 2022

Regimes

• The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Designation sources

• UN

Sanctions imposed

• Asset freeze
• Travel Ban

Other information

• Ali Darassa founded and still leads the Central African Republic (CAR)-based militia group Unité pour la Paix en Centrafrique (UPC), which has killed, tortured, raped, and displaced civilians, committed a large number of abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, and engaged in arms trafficking, illegal taxation activities, and warfare against CAR defence and security forces, as well as other militias, since its creation in 2014. In December 2020, he played a leading role in the creation of the Coalition des patriotes pour le changement (CPC) that took up arms to oppose the elections and attempted to enter the capital Bangui, in violation of the commitments made by the UPC under the Accord politique pour la paix et la reconciliation (APPR) signed on 6 February 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here

Addresses

• Country: Central African Republic