In accordance with section 15 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (Cth) (the Act), the Minister for Foreign Affairs (the Minister) has previously listed, by legislative instrument, persons and entities upon being satisfied on reasonable grounds that they are:
- a person who commits, or attempts to commit, terrorist acts or participates in or facilitates the commission of terrorist acts; or
- an entity owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such persons; or
- a person or an entity acting on behalf of, or at the direction of such persons and entities.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) GIVES NOTICE TO THE PERSONS AND ENTITIES NAMED BELOW that the Minister will be considering whether these listings under section 15 of the Act will continue to have effect:
Listed Persons and Entities
- Abu Nidal Organization
- Aitzol IRIONDO YARZA
- Al-Aqsa Foundation
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade
- Ali ATWA
- Asim UMAR
- Association de Secours Palestinien
- Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- Beit El-Mal Holdings
- Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens
- Eneko GOGEASCOECHEA ARRONATEGUI
- Eusebio ARZALLUS TAPIA
- Fermin VILA MICHELENA
- First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
- Gorka PALACIOS ALDAY
- Iñigo VALLEGO FRANCO
- Itziar ALBERDI URANGA
- Iván APAOLAZA SANCHO
- José Antonio URRUTICOECHEA BENGOECHEA
- José Ignacio RETA DE FRUTOS
- Juan Jesús NARVÁEZ GOÑI
- Juan Luis RUBENACH ROIG
- Kahane Lives
- Khalid MISHAAL
- Maria Soledad IPARRAGUIRRE GUENECHEA
- Miguel De Garikoitz ASPIAZU RUBINA
- Musa Abu MARZOUK
- ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Liberation Army
- Palestine Liberation Front
- Palestinian Relief and Development Fund
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
- Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front
- Sanabil Association for Relief and Development
- Shining Path
- Usama HAMDAN
- Zigor ORBE SEVILLANO
Aliases for the abovementioned persons and entities are included in DFAT’s .
Effects of Listing
The effect of a listing under section 15 of the Act is as follows:
- any person holding a ‘freezable asset’ (including an asset that is owned or controlled by a listed person or entity) commits an offence if they, without the authorisation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, use or deal with that asset, or allow it to be used or dealt with, or facilitate the use of or dealing with it; and
- any person who, directly or indirectly, makes an asset available to a listed person or entity, without the authorisation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, commits an offence.
Request for statement of reasons
DFAT will provide a listed person or entity, or their authorised representative, with an unclassified statement of reasons for the listing, upon written request to the address below.
Submissions
A listed person or entity, or their authorised representative, may make a written submission to the Minister, in order to inform the Minister’s consideration of whether to declare that the listing of the person or entity under section 15 of the Act will continue to have effect.
Submissions must be received by 5pm on 26 August 2022 Australian Eastern Standard Time. DFAT reserves the right not to consider late submissions.
Application for revocation of a listing
A listed person or entity, or their authorised representative, may apply in writing to the Minister at any time to have the listing revoked. The application must set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application.