Over-compliance with sanctions hampers “the purchase and shipment to sanctioned countries of goods, including humanitarian goods and services such as essential food, medicine, medical equipment and spare parts.” So says Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures in new guidance aimed especially at financial institutions.
The report says that over-compliance can include “Blocking all financial transactions with a sanctioned country, entity or individual even when some tra...
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