Attached is the consolidated version of the regulation as of 2025.09.05. The regulation is the main EU sanctioning framework for imposing asset freeze and travel ban sanctions against the individuals responsible for human rights abuses. These are set out in Article 2 of the regulation and include:
(a) genocide;
(b) crimes against humanity;
(c) the following serious human rights violations or abuses:
(i) torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
(ii) slavery;
(iii) extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings;
(iv) enforced disappearance of persons;
(v) arbitrary arrests or detentions;
(d) other human rights violations or abuses, including but not limited to the following, in so far as those violations or abuses are widespread, systematic or are otherwise of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 TEU:
(i) trafficking in human beings, as well as abuses of human rights by migrant smugglers as referred to in this Article;
(ii) sexual and gender-based violence;
(iii) violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association;
(iv) violations or abuses of freedom of opinion and expression;
(v) violations or abuses of freedom of religion or belief.