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Local Magnitsky laws a good move – handled wisely

16 August 2021

6:36 PM

16 August 2021

6:36 PM

In a move to bring Australia into the Global Magnitsky Movement, Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching has introduced the International Human Rights and Corruption (Magnitsky Sanctions) Bill 2021, a bill that would enable Australia to impose sanctions on foreign individuals who engage in grave human rights abuses or corruption. 

Over the past few years, the United States, Britain, Canada and the European Union have adopted similar legislation which enables them to freeze assets and place travel bans on targeted individuals. 

The legislation and movement are named after Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian tax lawyer who exposed massive financial corruption within the Russian government and...

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