Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Travel ban- Programme
- Myanmar
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 17 October 2018 on measures against Myanmar (SR 946.231.157.5), article 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 (Travelban)
- Stated grounds
- Lieutenant General Aung Kyaw Zaw was the Commander of the Bureau of Special Operations No 3 of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) from Aug 2015 to the end of 2017. The Bureau of Special Operations No 3 oversaw the Western Command and, in that context, Lieutenant General Aung Kyaw Zaw is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State by the Western Command during that period. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and the systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026
UK OFSI
Active- Programme
- Myanmar
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Stated grounds
- Lieutenant General Aung Kyaw Zaw, commander of the Myanmar Army’s Bureau of Special Operations 3. Oversaw the Myanmar Army’s Western Command, which committed atrocities and serious human rights violations, repression of the civilian population, and actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Myanmar against the Rohingya population in Rakhine state. Senior responsibility for abuses including extra judicial killings, repression of the civilian population, sexual violence and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
- Source
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO)
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026