# The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Regulation 4: Purposes

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act have the following purposes—
(a) compliance with the relevant UN obligations, and
(b) the additional purposes mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) Those additional purposes are—
(a) promoting the peace, stability and security of the Central African Republic,
(b) encouraging the resolution of the armed conflicts and encouraging the stabilisation and reconciliation process including compliance with, and implementation of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic ,
(c) promoting the effective delivery of the mandates of the regional or international monitoring and peace-support missions and mechanisms in the Central African Republic, including—
(i) the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) ,
(ii) the European Union Training Mission ,
(iii) the European Union Advisory Mission ,
(d) promoting respect for humanitarian assistance activity in the Central African Republic,
(e) promoting compliance with the rules of international humanitarian law applicable to the armed conflicts in the Central African Republic, and
(f) promoting respect for human rights in the Central African Republic, including, in particular, respect for—
(i) the right to life of persons in the Central African Republic;
(ii) the rights of persons in the Central African Republic not to be held in slavery or required to perform forced or compulsory labour;
(iii) the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Central African Republic;
(iv) the right to liberty and security of persons in the Central African Republic, including freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention or enforced disappearance;
(v) the right to a fair trial of persons charged with criminal offences in the Central African Republic;
(vi) the rights of journalists, human right defenders, civil society activists and other persons in the Central African Republic to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly;
(vii) the enjoyment of rights and freedoms in the Central African Republic without discrimination, including on the basis of a person's sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status,
otherwise than by compliance with the relevant UN obligations.
(3) In this regulation, “the relevant UN obligations” means—
(a) the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 32 of resolution 2134 (asset-freeze etc.) to take the measures required by that provision in respect of persons for the time being named for the purposes of that provision by the Security Council or the Committee;
(b) the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 32 of resolution 2134 (asset-freeze etc.) in respect of persons—
(i) acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or
(ii) owned or controlled by,
the persons for the time being named by the Security Council or the Committee for the purposes of paragraph 32 of resolution 2134;
(c) the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 2 of resolution 2745 (arms embargo) .
(4) Any reference to the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 32 of resolution 2134 (asset-freeze etc.) is to that provision read with—
(a) paragraphs 36 and 37 of resolution 2134;
(b) paragraphs 11 and 12 of resolution 2196;
(c) paragraphs 12 and 13 of resolution 2262;
(d) paragraphs 16 and 17 of resolution 2339;
(e) paragraphs 20 and 21 of resolution 2399;
(f) paragraph 2 of resolution 2454; ...
(g) paragraph 5 of resolution 2507;
(h) paragraph 5 of resolution 2536;
(i) paragraph 5 of resolution 2588;
(j) paragraph 5 of resolution 2648;
(k) paragraph 5 of resolution 2693;
(l) paragraph 5 of resolution 2745; and
(m) paragraph 1 of resolution 2789.
(5) Any reference to the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 2 of resolution 2745 (arms embargo) is to that provision read with paragraph 1 of resolution 2789.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/616/regulation/4 (the official version)
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