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Travel ban

Meaning in international relations & diplomacy, with examples

nounCommon term

In international relations & diplomacy, travel ban means: An official measure that prevents certain people from entering or passing through a country, often used as a sanction against named officials.

In Turkish: seyahat yasağı

How it is used

In sanctions language it is usually paired with an asset freeze: 'subject to a travel ban and asset freeze'. More broadly it can mean a ban on travel from certain countries, for example for health reasons. Exemptions are often made for UN meetings.

Example sentences

  1. Five officials have been placed under a travel ban.

  2. The travel ban does not apply to journeys for humanitarian purposes.

  3. He received an exemption from the travel ban to attend the conference.

Common collocations

  • impose a travel ban
  • subject to a travel ban
  • lift a travel ban
  • travel ban exemption
  • asset freezeA measure that stops a person, company or government from using or moving the money and property they hold abroad or in a country's banks.
  • targeted sanctionsSanctions aimed at specific people, companies or sectors, such as officials or banks, instead of a whole country's economy, in order to limit harm to ordinary citizens.
  • sanctionsPenalties, such as trade restrictions or frozen assets, that one or more countries or international organisations impose on a state, group or person to change their behaviour.

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