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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-399/annex/division-a/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-399/annex/division-a/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/399",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/399 of 7 March 2017 implementing Decision 2010/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo",
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  "heading": "Innocent KAINA",
  "text": "(alias a): Colonel Innocent KAINA, b): India Queen)\nDesignation: Former M23 Deputy Commander.\nAddress: Uganda (as of early 2016).\nDate of birth: Nov. 1973.\nPlace of Birth: Bunagana, Rutshuru territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo.\nDate of UN designation: 30 November 2012.\nOther information: Became M23 deputy commander after the flight of Bosco Taganda's faction to Rwanda in March 2013. Fled to Uganda in November 2013. In Uganda as of early 2016. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5776081\nAdditional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:\nInnocent Kaina was Sector and then Deputy Commander in the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23). He was responsible for and committed serious violations of international law and human rights. In July 2007, the Garrison Military Tribunal of Kinshasa found Kaina responsible for crimes against humanity committed in the District of Ituri between May 2003 and December 2005. He was released in 2009 as part of the peace agreement between the Congolese government and the CNDP. Within the FARDC in 2009, he was guilty of executions, abductions and maiming in Masisi territory. As a commander under the orders of General Taganda, he initiated the ex-CNDP mutiny in Rutshuru territory in April 2012. He ensured the security of the mutineers out of Masisi. Between May and August 2012, he oversaw the recruitment and training of over 150 children for the M23 rebellion, shooting the boys who had tried to escape. In July 2012, he travelled to Berunda and Degho for mobilization and recruitment activities for the M23. Kaina fled to Uganda in November 2013 and was still there as of early 2016.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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