Hearing on the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
January 1, 2015
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The Frame
The hearing served as a legislative step toward creating a global framework that allows the U.S. government to freeze assets and deny entry to foreign individuals deemed responsible for human rights violations or corruption.
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Foreign government officials
The proposed legislation would allow the U.S. to impose financial and travel sanctions on these individuals if they are found responsible for human rights abuses.
U.S. President
The legislation tasks the President with identifying and maintaining a list of sanctioned individuals.
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Summary
Key Facts
- The hearing took place on April 29, 2015, in the Rayburn House Office Building.
- The 2012 Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act requires the President to maintain a list of individuals responsible for the death or abuse of Sergei Magnitsky.
- Sergei Magnitsky was an accounting advisor who documented $230 million in tax fraud involving the Russian Treasury.
- Magnitsky was arrested in 2008 and died in prison in 2009 at age 37.
- The proposed Global Magnitsky Act aims to expand the scope of the 2012 law beyond Russia to a global scale.
- Witnesses included representatives from Hermitage Capital Management, the World Uyghur Congress, the Hudson Institute, and Freedom House.
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Why It Matters
The hearing served as a legislative step toward creating a global framework that allows the U.S. government to freeze assets and deny entry to foreign individuals deemed responsible for human rights violations or corruption.
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Expansion of Sanctions Authority
The hearing marks the transition from country-specific sanctions (Russia) to a global framework for human rights accountability.
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