Last Updated: July 10, 2025
“Shaikhul Hadis” Maulvi Abdul Hakim “Haqqani”
Aliases
لقضات شیخ عبدالحکیم حقاني; شیخ الحدیث مولوي عبدالحکیم حقاني; Mawlawi Sheikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani Ishaqzai; Abdul Hakim HAQQANI
Position
Acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan; Qazi al-Quzzat (Supreme Judge)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1499
Official reason
Abdul Hakim Haqqani is the current acting Taliban Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, appointed by the Taliban leadership in 2021. In this capacity, he has effectively used the legal system to implement gender-based repression against women by excluding female judges from the Afghan court system and systematically restricti...
Other Information
Date of listing
2023-07-20
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
Regime
EU-horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999
Official Information
On 9 December 2019, the Council welcomed the launch by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of preparatory work to establish a horizontal EU sanctions regime against serious human rights violations and abuses. On 17 November 2020, the Council approved conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Demo...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02020D1999-20211213