Gabriel Jok Riak Makol Lieutenant General

South Sudan

1966-01-01

Bor, South Sudan

Unity State, South Sudan; Wau, Western Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan

Passport, D00008623, issuer: South Sudan; Id Card, M6600000258472, issuer: South Sudan

EU, UN

Former Sudan People’s Liberation Army’s (SPLA) Sector One Commander. Chief of Defence Forces

CH

art. 2, para. 1 let. a (Financial sanctions) et art. 4, para. 1 and 2 (Travel ban), annexe 1

Appointed as Chief of Defence Forces on 2 May 2018. Commanded SPLA Sector One, which operates primarily within Unity State, since Jan 2013. In his position as the SPLA Sector One commander, he has expanded or extended the conflict in South Sudan through breaches of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. The SPLA is a South Sudanese military entity that has engaged in actions that have extended the conflict in South Sudan, including breaches of the Jan 2014 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and the May 9, 2014 Agreement to Resolve the Crisis in South Sudan, which was a re-commitment to the CoHA and has obstructed the activities of IGAD’s Monitoring and Verification Mechanism. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice available.

2015-08-12

CH

Ordinance of 12 August 2015 on measures against the Republic of South Sudan (SR 946.231.169.9)

UN, Switzerland country specific

South Sudan

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 12 August 2015 on measures against the Republic of South Sudan (SR 946.231.169.9). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council and follow those of the European Union.