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Forces Democratiques De Liberation Du Rwanda

Listed by OFAC SDN (US), UK Sanctions List, EU Consolidated List, UN Security Council, SECO (Switzerland)
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
First listed 2012-12-31
7 aliases

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EU Consolidated ListActive listingID 7202

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Source: EU Consolidated List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2017-03-08
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        <remark>Date of designation referred to in Article 5(1)(b): 31.12.2012.</remark>
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            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2013-01-23" numberTitle="53/2013 (OJ L20)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:020:0046:0047:EN:PDF"/>
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            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2013-01-23" numberTitle="53/2013 (OJ L20)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:020:0046:0047:EN:PDF"/>
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        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Forças Democráticas de Libertação do Ruanda" function="" title="" nameLanguage="PT" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="17011">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2013-01-23" numberTitle="53/2013 (OJ L20)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:020:0046:0047:EN:PDF"/>
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        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Forças Combatentes para a Libertação do Ruanda" function="" title="" nameLanguage="PT" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="17012">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2013-01-23"

Name on list: Forces Democratiques De Liberation Du Rwanda
Programmes / regimes: COD
Listed on: 2012-12-31
Last updated: 2017-03-08
Aliases: FDLR · Force Combattante Abacunguzi · FOCA · Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addresses: North and South Kivu, CONGO, Democratic Republic of (was Zaire)
Identifiers: EU reference: EU.3673.80
Legal act: 2017/396 (OJ L60) – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0396&from=EN
Remarks: Date of designation referred to in Article 5(1)(b): 31.12.2012.

OFAC SDN (US)Active listingID 15638

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Retrieved: 2026-09-30
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Name on list: FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA
Programmes / regimes: DRCONGO
Aliases: FDLR · FORCE COMBATTANTE ABACUNGUZI · FOCA · COMBATANT FORCE FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA · DEMOCRATIC FORCES FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addresses: North and South Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the

SECO (Switzerland)Active listingID 23799

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Source: SECO (Switzerland)
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2025-04-08
Extractor: seco-xml-parser

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<target ssid="23799"><sanctions-set-id>3976</sanctions-set-id><foreign-identifier>CDe.005</foreign-identifier><entity><identity ssid="23803" main="true"><name ssid="23805" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR)</value></name-part></name><name ssid="23807" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>FDLR</value></name-part></name><name ssid="23808" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Force Combattante Abacunguzi</value></name-part></name><name ssid="30345" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda</value></name-part></name><name ssid="30346" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>FOCA</value></name-part></name><address ssid="30343" place-id="30341" quality="good"/><address ssid="30344" place-id="30342" quality="good"/></identity><justification ssid="24582">The Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) is one of the largest foreign armed groups operating in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The group was formed in 2000, and has committed serious violations of international law involving the targeting of women and children in armed conflict, including killing and maiming, sexual violence, and forced displacement.</justification><justification ssid="24583">According to a 2010 report from Amnesty International, the FDLR were responsible for the killings of ninety-six civilians in Busurguni, Walikali territory. Some of the victims were burned alive in their homes.</justification><justification ssid="24584">According to the same source, in June 2010, an NGO medical centre reported around sixty cases a month of girls and women who had been raped in the southern Lubero territory, North-Kivu by armed groups including the FDLR.</justification><justification ssid="23832">According to a December 20, 2010 report from Human Rights Watch (HRW), there has been documented evidence of the FDLR actively conducting child recruitment. HRW has identified at least 83 Congolese children under the age of 18, some as young as 14, who have been forcibly recruited by the FDLR.</justification><justification ssid="24585">In January 2012, HRW reported that FDLR combatants attacked numerous villages in the Masisi territory, killing six civilians, raping two women, and abducting at least 48 people. According to a June 2012 report from HRW, in May 2012 FDLR fighters attacked civilians in Kamananga and Lumenje, in South Kivu province, as well as in Chambucha, Walikale territory, and villages in the Ufumandu area of Masisi territory, North Kivu province. In these attacks, FDLR fighters with machetes and knives hacked to death dozens of civilians, including numerous children.</justification><justification ssid="23834">According to the June 2012 Group of Experts Report, the FDLR attacked several villages in South Kivu from December 31, 2011 to January 4, 2012. A United Nations investigation confirmed that at least 33 persons, including 9 children and 6 women, had been killed, either burned alive, decapitated or shot during the attack. In addition, one woman and one girl had been raped.</justification><justification ssid="23835">The June 2012 Group of Experts Report also states that a United Nations investigation confirmed that the FDLR massacred at least 14 civilians, including 5 women and 5 children in South Kivu in May 2012. According to the November 2012 Group of Experts report, the UN documented at least 106 incidents of sexual violence committed by the FDLR between December 2011 and September 2012. The November 2012 Group of Experts report notes that, according to a UN investigation, the FDLR raped seven women in the night of 1

Name on list: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR)
Programmes / regimes: Congo
Listed on: 2013-02-05
Last updated: 2025-04-08
Aliases: FDLR · Force Combattante Abacunguzi · Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda · FOCA
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addresses: North Kivu, Congo DR
South Kivu, Congo DR
Identifiers: Foreign identifier: CDe.005
Remarks: The Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) is one of the largest foreign armed groups operating in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The group was formed in 2000, and has committed serious violations of international law involving the targeting of women and children in armed conflict, including killing and maiming, sexual violence, and forced displacement. According to a 2010 report from Amnesty International, the FDLR were responsible for the killings of ninety-six civilians in Busurguni, Walikali territory. Some of the victims were burned alive in their homes. According to the same source, in June 2010, an NGO medical centre reported around sixty cases a month of girls and women who had been raped in the southern Lubero territory, North-Kivu by armed groups including the FDLR. According to a December 20, 2010 report from Human Rights Watch (HRW), there has been documented evidence of the FDLR actively conducting child recruitment. HRW has identified at least 83 Congolese children under the age of 18, some as young as 14, who have been forcibly recruited by the FDLR. In January 2012, HRW reported that FDLR combatants attacked numerous vi

UK Sanctions ListActive listingID DRC0019

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Source: UK Sanctions List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2022-01-14
Extractor: uk-xml-parser

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      <EmailAddress>fdlrsrt@gmail.com</EmailAddress>
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      <EmailAddress>humura2020@gmail.com</EmailAddress>
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Name on list: FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA (FDLR)
Programmes / regimes: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Listed on: 2012-12-31
Last updated: 2022-01-14
Aliases: Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda · FDLR · FOCA · Force Combattante Abacunguzi
Countries: Republic of the Congo
Addresses: North Kivu, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Identifiers: UN reference: CDe.005
OFSI group ID: 12840
Remarks: INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278442 Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze

UN Security CouncilActive listingID 6908027

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Source: UN Security Council
Retrieved: 2026-09-30
Source date: 2012-12-31
Extractor: un-xml-parser

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Name on list: FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA (FDLR)
Programmes / regimes: DRC
Listed on: 2012-12-31
Aliases: FDLR · Force Combattante Abacunguzi · Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda · FOCA
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addresses: North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Identifiers: UN reference: CDe.005
Remarks: Email: Fdlr@fmx.de; fldrrse@yahoo.fr; fdlr@gmx.net; fdlrsrt@gmail.com; humura2020@gmail.com. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities

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