{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sudan-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/753",
  "legislation_title": "The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sudan-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Purposes",
  "text": "(1) The regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act have the following purposes—\n(a) compliance with the relevant UN obligations, and\n(b) the additional purposes mentioned in paragraph (2).\n(2) Those additional purposes are—\n(a) promoting the peace, stability and security of Sudan,\n(b) encouraging the resolution of the armed conflicts in Sudan and the stabilisation of Sudan, including by way of—\n(i) comprehensive and inclusive peace negotiations and agreements, and\n(ii) transition to civilian-led government and democracy, with particular reference to the Constitutional Document ,\n(c) promoting respect for democracy, the rule of law and good governance in Sudan,\n(d) promoting the effective delivery of the mandates of the regional or international monitoring and peace-support missions and mechanisms whose activities contribute to the peace, stability and security of Sudan, including—\n(i) the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan ,\n(ii) the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur ,\n(iii) the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abeyi ,\n(e) promoting respect for humanitarian assistance activity in Sudan,\n(f) promoting compliance with the rules of international humanitarian law applicable to the armed conflicts in Sudan, and\n(g) promoting respect for, and accountability in relation to violations or abuses of human rights in Sudan, including, in particular, respect for—\n(i) the right to life of persons in Sudan;\n(ii) the right of persons in Sudan not to be held in slavery or required to perform forced or compulsory labour;\n(iii) the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Sudan;\n(iv) the right to liberty and security of persons in Sudan, including freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention or enforced disappearance;\n(v) the right to a fair trial of persons charged with criminal offences in Sudan;\n(vi) the rights of journalists, human rights defenders, civil society activists and other persons in Sudan to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly;\n(vii) the enjoyment of rights and freedoms in Sudan 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,\notherwise than by compliance with the relevant UN obligations.\n(3) In this regulation, “the relevant UN obligations” means—\n(a) the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 3(e) of resolution 1591 (asset-freeze) 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;\n(b) the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 3(e) of resolution 1591 (asset-freeze) in respect of persons—\n(i) acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or\n(ii) owned or controlled by,\nthe persons for the time being named by the Security Council or the Committee for the purposes of that paragraph;\n(c) the obligations that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraphs 7 and 8 of resolution 1556 (arms embargo) .\n(4) Any reference to the obligation that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraph 3(e) of resolution 1591 is to that provision read with—\n(a) paragraph 3(c) of resolution 1591; and\n(b) paragraph 3 of resolution 2035.\n(5) Any reference to the obligation that the United Kingdom has by virtue of paragraphs 7 and 8 of resolution 1556 is to that provision read with—\n(a) paragraph 7 of resolution 1591; and\n(b) paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2035.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "The Constitutional Document (also referred to as the Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitional Period) was signed by representatives of the Transitional Military Council and the Forces for Freedom and Change in Khartoum on 17th August 2019. The UN Security Council “welcom[ed] the signing of the Constitutional Document on 17 August 2019…” in the preamble to resolution 2524 (2020) adopted by the Security Council on 3 June 2020."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) was established pursuant to resolution 2524 (2020) adopted by the Security Council on 3 June 2020."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "The United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) was established pursuant to resolution 1769 (2007) adopted by the Security Council on 31 July 2007 and most recently extended by resolution 2525 (2020) adopted by the Security Council on 3 June 2020."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) was established pursuant to resolution 1990 (2011) adopted by the Security Council on 27 June 2011. The mandate was expanded by resolution 2024 (2011) adopted by the Security Council on 14 December 2011 to include monitoring along the entire border between North and South Sudan and most recently extended by resolution 2519 (2020) adopted by the Security Council on 14 May 2020."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "“Person” is defined by section 9(5) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to include (in addition to an individual and a body of persons corporate or unincorporate) any organisation and any association or combination of persons."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "The arms embargo measures provided for in paragraphs 7 and 8 of resolution 1556 (2004) have been modified and updated by paragraph 7 of resolution 1591 (2005), paragraph 9 of resolution 1945 (2010) adopted by the Security Council on 14th October 2010, and paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2035 (2012)."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 14.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 15(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/753/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:57.053340+00:00"
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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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