This guidance helps people to implement and comply with the Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022. It covers the prohibitions and requirements imposed by the regulations. It also provides guidance on best practice for:
complying with the prohibitions and requirements
enforcing them
circumstances where they do not apply
This guidance should be read alongside more detailed sanctions guidance published by departments including the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Home Office and HM Treasury, through the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
Updates to this page
Published 9 December 2022 Last updated 5 December 2024 +show all updates
These changes reflect the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2024 and taken together make a range of technical changes with the purpose of improving OFSIs ability to gather intelligence on industrys compliance with financial sanctions, strengthen OFSIs enforcement powers, enable OFSI to conduct its licensing responsibilities more efficiently, and clarify financial sanctions legislation where there is existing uncertainty.
Arms embargo updated to reflect the Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 in accordance with the UNSCRs 2699 (2023) and 2700 (2023).
Updating the arms embargo to reflect UN Security Council Resolutions 2699 (2023) and 2700 (2023).
Updated to reflect provisions of UN Humanitarian Exception SI
