House Resolution Calls for Sanctions to Promote Peace in DRC
Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, introduced a resolution June 27 urging the use of “targeted economic sanctions” against entities and individuals in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo who are “corrupt, obstructing peace, perpetrating violence, or committing human rights abuses.”
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The resolution says the March 23 Movement (M23), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are among the armed groups in the eastern DRC that should be sanctioned for "atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity."
The measure, which has three Republican co-sponsors, was referred to the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary committees.
In February, the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two people and two companies tied to M23 (see 2502200020). In 2021, the State Department designated the ADF, also known as ISIS-DRC, as a foreign terrorist organization and its leader as a specially designated global terrorist.