UKSL Sanctions designation

Apollinaire Hakizimana

Individual · designated 21 February 2024

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
DRC0067
OFSI group ID
16379
UN reference number
CDi.039
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
21 February 2024
Last updated
23 February 2024

Regimes

  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UN

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban

Official reasons

  • Listed pursuant to paragraph 7 (b), 7(e) and 7 (h) of resolution 2293 (2016) as ' political and military leaders of foreign armed groups operating in the DRC who impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups;'; 'planning, directing, or committing acts in the DRC that constitute human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable, including those acts involving the targeting of civilians, including killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abduction, forced displacement, and attacks on schools and hospitals'; and 'acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated individual or entity, or acting on behalf of or at the direction of an entity owned or controlled by a designated individual or entity,' as extended by resolution 2688 (2023). As a military leader of FDLR, HAKIZIMANA is involved in promulgating and supporting the group’s activities.
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