- Programme
- Congo
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 22 June 2005 on measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo (SR 946.231.12), article 2 (Financial sanctions) and 4 (Travel ban), annex 2
- Stated grounds
- Justin Bitakwira is a Congolese politician, former government minister and member of the political party “Union for the Congolese Nation”. In February 2025, he was appointed by President Tshisekedi to be responsible for the Wazalendo in South Kivu in the National Parliament. In his public speeches, he has repeatedly incited violence and encouraged discrimination and hostility towards the Banyamulenge community, which has been targeted and attacked by armed groups. Those inflammatory speeches and narratives contribute to fuelling the conflict and violence in the DRC, in particular in the Hauts-Plateaux region characterised by inter-communal conflicts. Justin Bitakwira is therefore responsible for sustaining the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the DRC, through inciting violence.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026