Australian autonomous sanctions
Zimbabwe: Targeted Sanctions Regime
From September 2002, Australia has implemented targeted autonomous sanctions against the former Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe and its close supporters.
Sanctions currently cover:
1. Targeted financial sanctions (implemented by the Reserve Bank of Australia)
- Restrictions on financial transactions involving members or supporters of the former Mugabe regime, including senior management officials of state owned companies (parastatals).
- Travel restrictions
- Restrictions on visas to travel to Australia by members or supporters of the former Mugabe regime, including senior management officials of state-owned companies (parastatals); and
- Screening of all student visa applications from Zimbabwe to identify whether any applicants were adult children of Zimbabwean individuals subject to Australian travel and financial sanctions. Applications so identified are referred to the Minister for Foreign Affairs for consideration as to whether their presence in Australia would be in Australia’s foreign policy interests.
- Arms embargo
- Prohibition of defence links;
- Restriction on exports of arms and related matériel.
- Downgrading of government-to-government contacts at multilateral forums
- Downgrading of cultural links
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