Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) undertook public consultation on proposed amendments to the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (Cth).
The proposed amendments to the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations seek to introduce new listing criteria for Afghanistan, impose an arms embargo on Afghanistan and a ban on providing arms-related services to Afghanistan.
Submissions
A total of ten submissions were received, seven of which are available for publication:
- Amnesty International Australia [PDF 122 KB]
- Australian Red Cross, ICRC and IFRC [PDF 314 KB]
- Azadi-e Zan and Rural Australians for Refugees [PDF 121 KB]
- Federal Hazara Councils, Australia [PDF 327 KB]
- Human Rights Watch [PDF 98 KB]
- Professor Maley, Dr Akbari, Dr Ibrahimi [PDF 78 KB]
- Women for Change [PDF 157 KB]
Address to make a submission
Submissions closed on Wednesday 22 October 2025 (11.59pm AEDT) and the DFAT is no longer accepting submissions. DFAT thanks those that made submissions to the public consultation.
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