Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Aliases
le poète; Apollinaire HAKIZIMANA; AMIKWE LEPIC
Position
Lieutenant-General within FDLR, Commissioner for Defence of the “Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda-Forces combattantes abacunguzi” (FDLR-FOCA), a non-governmental armed group operating in Eastern DR Congo
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401271
Official reason
Apollinaire Hakizimana is a military leader of the “Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda-Forces combattantes abacunguzi” (FDLR-FOCA), as General and Commissioner of Defense of this non-governmental armed group operating in Eastern DRC. The FDLR-FOCA sustains the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the DRC and is respons...
Other Information
Date of listing
2024-04-30
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Regime
UN, EU country specific
Target State
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Prohibition to satisfy claims, 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. - It is prohibited to satisfy claims made by the persons listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affecte...
Official Information
On 7 April 1993 the EU decided to impose an arms embargo on Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo, the DRC). On 28 July 2003, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1493 (2003) imposing an arms embargo against the DRC. On 18 April 2005, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1596 (2005) imposing also targeted restrictive measures. On...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02010D0788-20230728