What each sanction and restriction actually does

How EU restrictive measures are adopted: Council decisions and regulations, types of measures, enforcement, the EU Sanctions Map and court challenges.

How US financial sanctions under IEEPA differ from visa restrictions under INA 212(a)(3)(C) and section 7031(c), with official definitions and limits.

The Global Magnitsky Act of 2016 and Executive Order 13818: who can be designated, what designation does, and examples from Treasury releases.

What OFAC sanctions are, the legal basis under IEEPA, the SDN List, blocking, the 50 percent rule, licenses and how delisting works.

How Section 7031(c) of the annual State Department appropriations act bars officials and their families from US entry and how it differs from OFAC.

The EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime: its legal basis, the abuses it covers, the travel ban and asset freeze, how listing works and current numbers.

What the UK Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 do, who can be designated, the measures that apply and how to check a name.

What the US Section 353 report, known as the Engel list, covered, which countries it named people from, what listing meant for visas and when it expired.

How UK sanctions work: the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, the FCDO's UK Sanctions List, OFSI, asset freezes, penalties and challenges.

How UN Security Council sanctions work: Article 41 of the UN Charter, sanctions committees, panels of experts, the Consolidated List and delisting routes.

How the foreign policy visa ground in 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(C) works, who decides, how visa records are kept confidential and what it covers.

What an asset freeze does under US, UK, EU and UN sanctions, with the official definitions, the ownership rules, reporting duties and how licences work.

The official routes to ask for removal from OFAC, UK, EU and UN sanctions lists: who to apply to, what to send, review steps and court options.

Where to search OFAC, UK, EU and UN sanctions lists, how fuzzy matching works, what a match means, and why visa records cannot be searched.

A dated record of the US, UN, UK and EU measures on Sudan: what applies now, the legal basis for each, recent designations and the UN renewals in 2026.

The UN South Sudan sanctions regime under resolution 2206 (2015): travel ban, asset freeze, arms embargo, listed individuals and yearly renewals.

The UN DRC sanctions regime under resolution 1533 (2004): arms embargo, travel ban, asset freeze, the list, the July 2026 listings and the 2026 renewal.

Dated record of US visa restrictions and OFAC sanctions concerning South Sudan, with the 12 May 2026 State Department release and how to check a name.