Notice to persons and entities listed under Part 4 of Charter of UN Act 1945

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:

1. a person who commits, or attempts to commit, terrorist acts or participates in or facilitates the commission of terrorist acts; or
2. an entity owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such persons; or
3. 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

1. Abu Nidal Organization
2. Aitzol IRIONDO YARZA
3. Al-Aqsa Foundation
4. Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade
5. Ali ATWA
6. Asim UMAR
7. Association de Secours Palestinien
8. Basque Fatherland and Liberty
9. Beit El-Mal Holdings
10. Comité de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens
11. Eneko GOGEASCOECHEA ARRONATEGUI
12. Eusebio ARZALLUS TAPIA
13. Fermin VILA MICHELENA
14. First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
15. Gorka PALACIOS ALDAY
16. Iñigo VALLEGO FRANCO
17. Itziar ALBERDI URANGA
18. Iván APAOLAZA SANCHO
19. José Antonio URRUTICOECHEA BENGOECHEA
20. José Ignacio RETA DE FRUTOS
21. Juan Jesús NARVÁEZ GOÑI
22. Juan Luis RUBENACH ROIG
23. Kahane Lives
24. Khalid MISHAAL
25. Maria Soledad IPARRAGUIRRE GUENECHEA
26. Miguel De Garikoitz ASPIAZU RUBINA
27. Musa Abu MARZOUK
28. National Liberation Army
29. Palestine Liberation Front
30. Palestinian Relief and Development Fund
31. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
32. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
33. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
34. Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front
35. Sanabil Association for Relief and Development
36. Shining Path
37. Usama HAMDAN
38. Zigor ORBE SEVILLANO

Aliases for the abovementioned persons and entities are included in DFAT’s Consolidated List.

Effects of Listing

The effect of a listing under section 15 of the Act is as follows:

1. 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
2. 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.

Address to request a statement of case, make a submission or apply to revoke listing