New EU sanctions on violence against women

According to the statement of the European Council, the decision to sanction was taken within the framework of the “Global regime of sanctions in the field of human rights” of the EU before International Women’s Day.

EU High Representative for Foreign Relations and Security Policy Josep Borrell, whose views were included in the statement, said: “We moved from words to action.” he used the phrase.

Borrell has affirmed that they will fight against all types of violence against women, wherever they are in the world, and that with today’s decision they have increased their efforts to combat gender violence and sexual violence, and that they are working so that those who commit these crimes do not go unpunished.

AMONG THEM ARE THE TALIBAN

The new EU sanction decision has condemned the Taliban’s acting Higher Education Minister Nida Mohammad Nedim and Deputy Minister for Invitation to Good and Prevention of Evil Sheikh Mohammed Khaled Hanafi for issuing decrees banning higher education for women and girls in Afghanistan and discriminate against women. in the public sphere also includes.

In addition to the arbitrary arrests by the Moscow police station and the inhumane treatment of its officers, some high-ranking officers of the Russian Armed Forces were put on the sanctions list for using sexual violence during the war in Ukraine.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

South Sudanese militia commanders for systematically using sexual violence as a tactic of war, and Myanmar’s Deputy Home Minister Toe Ui for his role in sexual violence and gender-based human rights violations as well. were included in the sanctions.

The Karchak prison in Iran, the Syrian Republican Guard and the Myanmar Military Security Office were also listed as institutions to be sanctioned.

EU sanctions include asset freezes and travel bans to the EU. In addition, direct or indirect funding of individuals and organizations included in the sanctions list is prohibited. (AA)