Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/3154 of 16 December 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/3154 16.12.2024 COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/3154 of 16 December 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 29 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) On 9 October 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 (1). (2) On 27 November 2023, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a statement on behalf of the Union, in which the Union and its Member States reiterated their strong condemnation of the continuous fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their respective affiliated militias. The statement also deplored the dramatic escalation of violence and the irreparable cost to human life in Darfur and throughout the country, as well as violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. (3) On 22 January 2024, by means of Decision (CFSP) 2024/383 (2), the Council adopted restrictive measures against six entities of the SAF and the RSF responsible for supporting activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan. (4) On 24 June 2024, by means of Decision (CFSP) 2024/1784 (3), the Council adopted restrictive measures against six individuals responsible for supporting activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan. (5) In view of the gravity of the situation, four individuals should be included in in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135. (6) Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 16 December 2024. For the Council The President K. KALLAS (1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 of 9 October 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan (OJ L, 2023/2135, 11.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2135/oj). (2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/383 of 22 January 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan (OJ L, 2024/383, 22.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/ eli/dec/2024/383/oj). (3) Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1784 of 24 June 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan (OJ L, 2024/1784, 24.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa. eu/eli/dec/2024/1784/oj). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3154/oj 1/5ANNEX In the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135, under the heading ‘A. List of natural persons referred to in Article 1(1) and in Article 2(1)’, the following entries are added: Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘7. Salah Abdallah Mohamed DOB: 1957 Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah is the former national security advisor of 16.12.2024 SALAH the Republic of Sudan and the former Director of the Sudanese National POB: Nuri, Sudan Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). a.k.a. Nationality: Sudanese Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah is responsible for several coups d’état in SALAH GOSH Passport: YSJCYKRYG1U5 Sudan – notably those in 2012 and 2019 – and helped in the execution of a coup d’état in 2021. He is widely considered to be Sudan’s spymaster. Gender: male Due to his expertise as a former security official, he played a role in helping former regime elements to return to power and undermined Function: former national security advisor of the efforts to establish a civilian government in Sudan. Republic of Sudan; former Director of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service After the fall of the Al-Bashir regime, Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah continues to be involved in activities that destabilise peace and stability in Associated individuals: former President of the the country. Although he is rarely seen in public, he remains active and is Republic of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir; General considered to be the “mastermind” behind many of the actions carried out Abdelfattah Al-Burhan by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the intelligence operations Associated entities: National Intelligence and Se- department as part of the ongoing crisis. curity Service (NISS) Therefore, Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah is considered to be a leader among the hardliner elements of the former Al-Bashir regime, who is responsible for security and military-related efforts and is embedded in the structures of the SAF. His ideological ties to the former Al-Bashir regime, and in particular to the National Congress Party (NCP) are a strong driver of the narrative that fuels the war against the opposing front, namely the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah has therefore been involved in actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan and in actions undermining the efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan. 2/5 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3154/oj EN OJ L, 16.12.2024Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 8. Tijani KARSHOM Nationality: Sudanese Tijani Karshom is a leading member of the Mahamid tribe and was Deputy 16.12.2024 Governor of West Darfur at the time of the massacre of the Massalit tribe a.k.a. Gender: male in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, in June 2023. He is also KHARSHOM; Function: former Deputy Governor (or “Wali” in a member of the Gathering of Sudan Liberation Forces (GSLF), which local parlance) of West Darfur; de facto Governor facilitated the recruitment of militia to fight alongside the Rapid Support KARSHOUM; of West Darfur Forces (RSF). KHARSHOUM; Associated individuals: Abdulrahman JUMA BAR- Tijani Karshom holds responsibility in the fatal attack on the Governor of AL-TIJANI AL-TAHIR KAR- AKALLAH; Masar Abdurahman ASEEL West Darfur in El Geneina in June 2023, for having instructed the RSF to prevent civilians trapped in El Geneina from leaving the city, and for SHOUM Associated entities: Gathering of Sudan Liberation having directed two attacks on camps for internally displaced persons. Forces (GSLF) After the El Geneina massacre, he established a committee to collect and bury bodies in mass graves. He has also been involved in efforts to hide bodies after a second massacre, in Ardamatta, West Darfur, in November 2023. Tijani Karshom is also responsible for having led an attack in El Geneina alongside the RSF and for having directed artillery fire on the Governor of West Darfur’s office in May 2023, a month before the Governor’s assassination. Tijani Karshom has therefore been involved in actions that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan and has been involved in planning, directing or committing acts in West Darfur that constitute serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including killings, rape and other serious forms of sexual and gender-based violence, and abduction. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3154/oj 3/5 OJ L, 16.12.2024 ENName Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 9. Mohamed Ali Ahmed SUBIR Nationality: Sudanese Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir is a Lieutenant General in the Sudanese 16.12.2024 Armed Forces (SAF) and the Director of the Directorate of Military Gender: male Intelligence (DMI) of the SAF. In this capacity, he has been in charge of the Function: Lieutenant General; Director of the operations carried out by the DMI since the outbreak, on 15 April 2023, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) of the of the conflict between the SAF, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) allied armed groups. This is underscored by his participation in publicly disclosed high-level meetings of senior commanders of the SAF, headed by Associated entities: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF); Commander-in-Chief Abdelfattah Al-Burhan of the General Command of Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) the SAF in Khartoum in May and July 2023. Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir therefore holds a command responsibility in the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of: human rights defenders; local community activists, including anti-war activists; lawyers; medical professionals; volunteers supporting emergency services; members of political parties and of resistance committees; and people perceived as supporters of the RSF. Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir has also been involved in several cases of sexual violence, including rape and rape threats, attributed to the DMI, and in the perpetration by the DMI of acts amounting to torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir is also responsible for the imposition of significant restrictions by the DMI on aid access and delivery. Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir has therefore been directly involved in the perpetration by the DMI of acts that constitute serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, and is thus responsible for actions that directly undermine efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan. 4/5 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3154/oj EN OJ L, 16.12.2024Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 10. Osman Mohamed HAMID Nationality: Sudanese Osman Mohamed Hamid is a Major General in the Rapid Support Forces 16.12.2024’. (RSF) and the Head of Operations of the RSF. He has therefore been in a.k.a. Gender: male charge of the operations carried out by the RSF since the outbreak of the Osman AMALIYAT Function: Major General of the RSF; Head of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the RSF and their Operations of the RSF allied armed groups, on 15 April 2023, as notably underscored by his presence on the battlefield in Jebel Aulia in November 2023. Associated entities: Rapid Support Forces Osman Mohamed Hamid therefore holds a command responsibility in the continuation of fighting by the RSF and in the violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law committed by the RSF. He is responsible for large-scale attacks based on intersecting ethnicity and gender grounds, killings, torture, widespread sexual and gender-based violence, rape, sexual slavery, abduction, the recruitment and use of children in hostilities, and the obstruction of access to humanitarian aid for civilians in need. Osman Mohamed Hamid has therefore been directly involved in the perpetration by the RSF of acts that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. He is also responsible for actions that constitute serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, and actions that directly undermine efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3154/oj 5/5 OJ L, 16.12.2024 EN