In late 1990's and early 2000's United States in line with UNSC resolution 1244, rolled out a sanction program with respect to the situation in the Yugoslavia conflicts ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

This list-based program was established in 2006 following the issuance of  E.O. 13304.
As stated int the E.O. a national security is declared to address the following ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

In 2015, in response to the the situation in Burundi which was "marked by the killing of and violence against civilians, unrest, the incitement of imminent violence, and ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act or better known as CAATSA is one of the major pieces of legislations in sanctions area. Passed in 2017 with a bipartisan support in the Congress, this act has provisions against Iran, Russia, and North Korea... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

In May 2014, the President of the United State issued E.O. 13667 to address the situation in Central African Republic. In particular the President declared a national emergency as he identified a threat ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Following the alleged attack of Russia to Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal with Novichok nerve agent in March 2018, the United States Department of State imposed certain sanctions ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The issue of China is of great importance in the United States foreign policy. A number of United States Departments deal with the issue of China in the U.S. Foreign Policy. One of the most important ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The counter Narcotics program of the United States is an example of conduct-based sanction program and it consists of two parts ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The counter terrorism sanctions of the United States started in 1995 by the issuance of E.O. 12947. In this E.O. the United State's President declared a national emergency after he found that ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Cuba program, one of the longest running sanctions programs of the U.S. government, started in 1960 when the government under the authority of Export control Act of 1949, prohibited American exports ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

To address malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States the President of the United State declared ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The DRC sanction program was initially created by E.O.13413 and later amended by E.O. 13671. This list-based program is in line with UNSC relevant resolutions ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

This program was established following the allegations of interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. In September of 2018, President issued E.O. 13848 which created a new sanction program to ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Similar to Magnitsky sanction this sanction program is a list-based and conduct-based program. In fact, one can say the Global Magnitsky program is similar to Magnitsky program with a designation ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Iran sanctions program is one of the most comprehensive and complex regimes currently administered by OFAC. The first round of sanctions was imposed in 1979, in the midst of the U.S. embassy hostage crisis, when the then U.S. President issued E.O. 12170 blocking the assets of the Iranian Government ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Following the invasion of Iraq to Kuwait in 1990, and in line with the UNSC Resolution 661, the United State rolled out a comprehensive sanction program against Iraq by E.O. 12722. Since then several ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The Lebanon- related sanctions is a list based program which imposes Financial sanctions (asset freezing) on certain individuals who, among other things, undermining Lebanon’s democratic processes ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The Libyan sanction regime is a list-based sanction programs with has both financial sanctions and travel bans as stated in E.O. 13566 ,and E.O. 13726. The Libyan Sanctions Regulations is codified under ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

On December 14, 2012, the President signed into law the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. This act provides authority for the identification of and imposition of sanctions ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Mali sanctions program is a list based sanctions program established pursuant to E.O.13882. The President provided the grounds for designation in this executive order ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

On November 27, 2018, the President of the United States issued E.O. 13851 rolling out the Nicaragua sanction program. This list-based program has both travel ban and financial restrictions ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

There are two sanction programs with respect to Non-proliferation administered by the U.S. Treasury ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The North Korea sanctions goes back to 1950, when the United State President proclaimed the existence of a national emergency which aimed addressing the situation in Korea ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The illicit trade in diamonds has fueled a number of conflicts in West Africa, in particular in Sierra Leone. Accordingly, and in line with the UNSC resolution ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The United States, in line with United Nations Security Council, maintains a sanction program against Somalia. The U.S. ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Following its independence from Sudan in 2011. A civil war broke out in December 2013 and as a result, sanctions on South Sudan was imposed in April of 2014, when the United States President issued ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The Sudan program was established in 1997 when the U.S. President issued the E.O. 13067 freezing the Government of Sudan's properties and its interests thereto and putting a comprehensive trade ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Syria program, which is one of the few comprehensive sanction programs of the U.S., started in 2004 following the issuance of E.O. 13338 by the former President George W. Bush ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

This program rolled out in 2011 following a declared emergency in E.O. 13581. The E.O. provided grounds for designations and it listed a number of organizations at the same time ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Following a series of events that took place in Crimea peninsula in February and March of 2014, the United States President declared a national emergency on March 4th, 2014, by issuing E.O. 13660 ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

In response to series of events which happened through out 2014 in Venezuela, the U.S. Congress in December of 2014, passed Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014. The act required the president to ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

Established by E.O. 13611. the Yemen program of the United State was rolled out in 2012. This list-based program impose blocking sanctions on certain individuals that among other thing have engaged in acts that directly or indirectly ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)

The Zimbabwe sanction program started with E.O. 13288, and was later expanded by E.O. 13391 and E.O. 13469 ... (To continue reading please click on Read More)