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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-399/annex/division-a/division-6",
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  "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-399",
  "path": "annex/division/a/division/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Germain KATANGA",
  "text": "Nationality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.\nDate of birth: 28 Apr. 1978.\nPlace of birth: Mambasa, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.\nAddress: Democratic Republic of the Congo (in prison).\nDate of UN designation: 1 November 2005.\nOther information: Appointed General in the FARDC in December 2004. Handed over by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 18 October 2007. Initially convicted on 23 May 2014 by the ICC to 12 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the ICC Appeals Chamber reduced his sentence and determined that Katanga's sentence should be completed on 18 January 2016. Although he was detained in the Netherlands for the duration of his trial, Katanga was transferred to a DRC prison in December 2015 and charged for other crimes previously committed in Ituri. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5776116\nAdditional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:\nGermain Katanga was the Commander of the FRPI. He was involved in weapons transfers, in violation of the arms embargo. According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri from 2002 to 2003. He was appointed General in the FARDC in December 2004. He was handed over by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 18 October 2007. Initially convicted on 23 May 2014 by the ICC to 12 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity, ICC Appeals Chamber reduced his sentence and determined that his sentence should be completed on 18 January 2016. Although he was detained in the Netherlands for the duration of his trial, Katanga was transferred to a DRC prison in December 2015 and charged for crimes previously committed in Ituri.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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