Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

I, PENNY WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 10th January 2024     

PENNY WONG

Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

 

Contents

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1 – Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012

Part 2 – Repeals of spent provisions 9

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012              9

1  Name

  This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table

12 January 2024

 

2.  Schedule 1, Part 1

12 January 2024

 

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

14 January 2024

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraphs 6(a) and 6(b), and subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

 

Part 1 – Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012

 

1  Subsection 3(1)

Omit “paragraph 6 (1) (a)”, substitute “paragraph 6(a)”.

2  Subsection 3(2)

Omit “paragraph 6 (1) (b)”, substitute “paragraph 6(b)”.

3  At the end of Part 3

Add:

6  Continuation of effect of designations and declarations on and after date of making of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

 (1) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 1, 3, 5, 7 to 9, 13 to 17, 19 and 21 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

 (2) The declaration, under paragraph 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 1, 3, 5, 7 to 9, 13 to 17, 19 and 21 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

 (3) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the entities mentioned in items 5, 8 and 9 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

4  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table item 1)

 

Repeal the item, substitute:

 

1

Name of individual

Abdallah MANSOUR

 

Also known as

Abdullah MANSOUR

 

Date of birth

08/07/1954

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former director of Qadhafi Government’s Internal Security Agency. Former director of radio and television. Responsible for violently repressing political dissent and legitimating Qadhafi regime ideology.

Passport No. B/014924 (expired end 2013).

5  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table item 3)

 

Repeal the item, substitute:

 

3

Name of individual

Abdelkebir Mohamad FAKHIRI

 

Also known as

Abdelbakir Mohamad FAKHIRI;

Abdelkebir FAKHIRI

 

Date of birth

04/05/1963

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Minister for Education, Higher Education and Research in Qadhafi Government. Responsible for legitimating and maintaining Qadhafi regime ideology.

Passport No. B/014965 (expired end 2013).

6  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table item 5)

 

Repeal the item, substitute:

 

5

Name of individual

Abdulqader Yusef DIBRI

 

Date of birth

1946

 

Place of birth

Houn, Libya

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former head of Muammar Qadhafi’s personal security detachment. Responsible for implementing Qadhafi regime’s violent and repressive policies.

Designated for a travel ban by UNSC Resolution 1970 (2011).

 

 

7  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 7 to 9)

 

Repeal the items, substitute:

 

7

Name of individual

Bachir SALEH

 

Also known as

Bashir SALEH;

Bashir Saleh BASHIR;

Bashir Saleh Bashir ALSHARGAWI;

Bashir Saleh Bashir AL SHRKAWI

 

Date of birth

1946

 

Place of birth

Traghen, Libya

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

a) South Africa; b) United Arab Emirates

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former head of Cabinet, acting as Muammar Qadhafi’s Chief of Staff. Responsible for Qadhafi regime’s repressive policies by close association and for management of financial entity ultimately controlled by Qadhafi family.

8

Name of individual

Baghdadi AL-MAHMOUDI

 

Also known as

Ali Al-Baghdadi AL-MAHMOUDI;

Ali Al-Mahmoudi AL BAGHDADI;

Baghdadi MAHMUDI;

Al-Baghdadi Ali AL-MAHMUDI;

Al-Baghdadi AL-MAHMOUDI;

Albugdadi Ali MAHMOUDI;

Baghdadi Ali AL MAHMUDI;

Al-Baghdadi Ali Ahmad AL-MAHMOUDI;

Ali Al-Mahmoudi AL-BAGHDADI;Ali AL-MAHMOUDI;

Ali AL-BAGHDADI

 

Date of birth

a) 1945; b) 1950

 

Place of birth

a) Al Jamil, Libya; b) Alassa, Libya; c) Zaouia, Libya

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

a) Libya; b) United Arab Emirates

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Prime Minister and head of Qadhafi Government. Responsible for Qadhafi regime’s repressive policies by close association and for legitimating these policies.

9

Name of individual

Colonel Amid Husain AL KUNI

 

Also known as

Amid Husain AL KUNI;

Amid Husain AL-KUNI;

Amid Husain KUNI;

Amid Hussain AL KUNI;

Amid Husain ALKUNI

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

South Libya, Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Governor of Ghat (South Libya) and Ambassador to Niger under Qadhafi regime. Responsible for implementing regime’s violent and repressive policies through recruitment of mercenaries, in conjunction with Muammar Qadhafi’s most trusted aides.

Designated for a travel ban by UNSC Resolution 1973 (2011)

8  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 13 to 17)

 

Repeal the items, substitute:

 

13

Name of individual

Ibrahim Zarroug AL-CHARIF

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Minister for Social Affairs in Qadhafi Government. Responsible for implementing and maintaining Qadhafi regime’s repressive social ideology.

14

Name of individual

Mohamad Mahmoud HIJAZI

 

Also known as

Mahmud AL-HIJAZI

 

Date of birth

1944

 

Place of birth

Batta, Libya

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Minister for Health and Environment in Qadhafi Government. Responsible for implementing Qadhafi regime’s repressive health policies.

15

Name of individual

Mohamed Abou EL-KASSIM ZOUAI

 

Also known as

Mohamed Abou El-Kassim ZOUAI;

Mohamed Abdul Quasim AL-ZWAI

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Secretary-General of the General People’s Congress, effectively head of state for the Qadhafi regime. Responsible for Qadhafi regime’s repressive policies by close association and for legitimating these policies.

16

Name of individual

Mohamad Ali HOUEJ

 

Also known as

Mohammed Ali AL-HOUEIZ;

Mohamed EL-HUWEJ;

Mohamed HWEJ;

Mohammed Ali ALHAWIG;

Mohamed Ali AL HUWAYJ

 

Date of birth

a) 1949; b) 01/07/1949

 

Place of birth

Al-Azizia, Libya

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Minister for Industry, Economy and Trade in Qadhafi Government. Current Minister of the Economy in the internationally recognised Dbeibah Government. Responsible for maintaining the economic viability of the Qadhafi regime and for the regime’s repressive policies by close association.

17

Name of individual

Mohammed Boucharaya FARKASH

 

Date of birth

01/07/1949

 

Place of birth

a) Al Bayda, Libya; b) Al-Bayda, Libya

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former director of intelligence in the Qadhafi regime’s External Security Organisation. Responsible for implementing the regime’s violent foreign policy.

9  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table item 19)

 

Repeal the item, substitute:

 

19

Name of individual

Quren Salih Quren AL QADHAFI

 

Also known as

Qu’ren Salih Qu’ren AL QADHAFI;

Qurayn Salih Qurayn AL QADHAFI;

Egreen SALAH;

Akrin Saleh AKRIN;

Akrin Akrin SALEH;

Quren Salih Quren AL KADHAFI;

Salah EGREEN

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Egypt

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former Ambassador to Chad under Qadhafi regime. Responsible for implementing regime’s violent and repressive policies through recruitment of mercenaries, in conjunction with Muammar Qadhafi’s most trusted aides.

Designated for a travel ban by UNSC Resolution 1970 (2011)

10  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table item 21)

 

Repeal the item, substitute:

 

21

Name of individual

Shaariya ABU

 

Also known as

Abushaaraya MOHAMED

 

Date of birth

01/07/1949

 

Citizenship

Libyan

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Former deputy head of the Qadhafi regime’s External Security Organisation. Responsible for implementing the regime’s violent foreign policy.

 

 

11  Part 2 of Schedule 1 (table item 5)

 

Repeal the item, substitute:

 

5

Name of entity

GADDAFI INTERNATIONAL CHARITY AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

 

Also known as

GADDAFI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CHARITY ORGANISATIONS

 

Address

a) 22, Rue Henri-Mussard, Geneva, 1208, Switzerland;

b) Hay Alandalus – Jian St, Tripoli, Libya;

c) Hay Elandadlus – Jian St, P.O. Box 1101, Tripoli, Libya

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Chaired by Saif Al Islam Qadhafi, son of Muammar Qadhafi.

Email: info@gicdf.org  

Website: http://www.gicdf.org

alt. website: https://www.gaddaficharity.org/

12  Part 2 of Schedule 1 (table items 8 and 9)

 

Repeal the items, substitute:

 

8

Name of entity

REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS

 

Address

Libya

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Paramilitary wing of the Revolutionary Committees Movement, a key component of the Qadhafi regime’s internal security system. Commanded by Hasan el-Kabir Al-Kadafi, cousin of Muammar Qadhafi.

9

Name of entity

WAATASSIMOU FOUNDATION

 

Also known as

WAATASEMU CHARITY ASSOCIATION

 

Address

Tripoli, Libya

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012 [F2012L00481]

 

Additional Information

Headed by Secretary-General Aisha Muammar Qadhafi, daughter of Muammar Qadhafi.

Website: https://waatasemu.org/

 

Part 2 – Repeals of spent provisions

 

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Libya) List 2012

 

13  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 2, 4, 12 and 20)

Repeal the items.

14  Part 2 of Schedule 1 (table items 1 to 4 and 6)

Repeal the items.