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Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 680 of 2020).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Human rights Business/industry/corporations Access-to-information Offences/penalties Court/tribunal Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force 06/07/2020
Abstract

The Regulations are organised VII Parts and 2 Schedules. The purposes of the Regulations (regulation 4) are to establish a sanction regime to deter, and provide accountability for, activities which, if carried out by or on behalf of a State within the territory of that State, would amount to a serious violation by that State of an individual's (a) right to life, (b) right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or (c) right to be free from slavery, not to be held in servitude or required to perform forced or compulsory labour. Under this definition fall as well activities carried out outside the United Kingdom by any person, or in the United Kingdom by a person who is not a United Kingdom person. “Activity” includes an omission.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (Chapter 13).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: Human rights, Business/industry/corporations, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties, Court/tribunal, Enforcement/compliance, International trade, International relations/cooperation, Inventory, Navigation, Fishing vessel, Fishery management and conservation, Marine fisheries, Foreign fishing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX