Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020

Date issued: Jun. 17 2020

You've hit a wall. Sign in if you have an account, or learn more about TURBOFAC and subscription options.
TURBOFAC is a module of the compliance platform OverRuled. To learn more about OverRuled, visit www.overruled.com.

TURBOFAC Commentary (434 words)

Notes:

1) Section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (UHRPA), like similarly structured country-specific sanctions statutes such as the Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018, requires/authorizes the president to impose sanctions on certain persons determined to meet the designation criteria set out in the statute. The sanctions, where applicable, are standard IEEPA-based sanctions (the “President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act…to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a foreign person identified…”)

As of 3-26-24, there is only one person (an individual) sanctioned pursuant to the UHRPA, and that individual is also sanctioned pursuant to EO 13818 (and 583.201 of the...