On 8 July, EU Sanctions blog reported that a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights had issued the guidance. The Special Rapporteur says that over-compliance is a form of excessive avoidance of risk. It may involve blocking all financial transactions with a sanctioned country, entity or individual even when some transactions are authorized by humanitarian exemptions or fall outside of the sanctions’ scope. It may also take the form of deterring authorised transactions by requiring cumbersome, onerous documentation or certification, charging higher rates or additional fees, or imposing discouraging long delays. Over-compliance also occurs when banks decide to freeze assets that are not targeted by sanctions, or deny individuals the possibility to open or maintain bank accounts or to engage in transactions simply because they are nationals of a sanctioned country, even when the individuals are refugees from that country. The guidance provides recommendations to counter the above for banks and other service providers.
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