On Thursday, President Obama issued a new Executive Order related to South Sudan. From the OFAC Notice:

The Executive Order does not target the country of South Sudan, but rather targets those responsible for the conflict there, which has been marked by widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and the obstruction of humanitarian operations. This Executive Order allows the United States to impose sanctions against any individual or entity that threatens the peace, stability, or security of South Sudan; commits human rights abuses against persons in South Sudan; expands or extends the conflict in South Sudan or obstructs reconciliation or peace talks or processes; or undermines democratic processes or institutions in South Sudan.

The Executive Order spells out who may now be sanctioned:

  (i)    to be responsible for or complicit in, or

          to have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any

          of the following in or in relation to South

          Sudan:

               (A)  actions or policies that threaten the

               peace, security, or stability of South Sudan;

               (B)  actions or policies that threaten

               transitional agreements or undermine democratic

               processes or institutions in South Sudan;

               (C)  actions or policies that have the

               purpose or effect of expanding or extending

               the conflict in South Sudan or obstructing

               reconciliation or peace talks or processes;

(D)  the commission of human rights abuses

against persons in South Sudan;

(E)  the targeting of women, children, or any

civilians through the commission of acts of

violence (including killing, maiming, torture,

or rape or other sexual violence), abduction,

forced displacement, or attacks on schools,

hospitals, religious sites, or locations where

civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct

that would constitute a serious abuse or

violation of human rights or a violation of

international humanitarian law;

(F)  the use or recruitment of children by armed

groups or armed forces in the context of the

conflict in South Sudan;

(G)  the obstruction of the activities of

international peacekeeping, diplomatic, or

humanitarian missions in South Sudan, or of the

delivery or distribution of, or access to,

humanitarian assistance; or

(H)  attacks against United Nations missions,

international security presences, or other

peacekeeping operations;

          (ii) to be a leader of (A) an entity, including any

          government, rebel militia, or other group, that has,

          or whose members have, engaged in any of the

          activities described in subsection (a)(i) of this

          section or (B) an entity whose property and interests

          in property are blocked pursuant to this order;

          (iii)  to have materially assisted, sponsored, or

          provided financial, material, logistical, or

          technological support for, or goods or services in

          support of (A) any of the activities described in

          subsection (a)(i) of this section or (B) any person

          whose property and interests in property are blocked

          pursuant to this order; or

          (iv)   to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted

          or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or

          indirectly, any person whose property and interests in

          property are blocked pursuant to this order.

Links:

OFAC Notice

South Sudan-related Executive Order

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