Starter guide to UK sanctions
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A guide for businesses and organisations that need to understand more about what sanctions are and how they work.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 11
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
A guide for businesses and organisations that need to understand more about what sanctions are and how they work. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Who must comply with sanctions regulations
- Overview of UK sanctions
- Types of sanctions
- How sanctions work
- Designated persons and specified ships
- Sectoral sanctions
- Reasons for designation
- Example: Libya sanctions regime
- The UK Sanctions List and sanctions screening
- Sanctions regimes
- Scope of a sanctions regime
- Example: Russia sanctions regime
- Example: Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions regime
- Ownership and control
- Ownership
- Example
Source and licence
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
AttributionForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office, ‘Starter guide to UK sanctions’ (updated 30 March 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026