Overview
The sanctions imposed an arms embargo on Eritrea, as well as targeted measures (travel ban and asset freeze) on people including the Eritrean political and military leadership, and governmental and parastatal actors and entities privately owned by Eritrean nationals living in or outside Eritrean territory. The EU, which implemented the UN sanctions regime in March 2010, does not impose autonomous measures under the sanctions.
In November 2018, following the “historic rapprochements in the Horn of Africa”, the UN lifted all of its sanctions against Eritrea by adopting UNSC Resolution 2444 (2018). The EU implemented this UN action, in December 2018, by adopting Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1944 and Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1932. As a result, there are currently no UN or EU sanctions in force against Eritrea.
