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Targeted Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Sanctions (Global Magnitsky)
Targeted Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Sanctions (Global Magnitsky)
Targeted sanctions like those authorized under the Global Magnitsky Act and similar programs can hold accountable the world’s worst human rights abusers and corrupt actors.
Human Rights First works with civil society groups around the world to develop materials that lead to sanctions. Click the buttons below to access our resources and join the network of over 200 NGOs working toward accountability for the world’s worst crimes.
New York City—In response to the introduction of legislation requiring the director of national intelligence to submit an unclassified report to Congress on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the...
Washington, D.C.—A group of six U.S. human rights and media freedom organizations today called on members of Congress and the Trump Administration to take immediate concrete steps to pursue justice...
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First, in partnership with 89 human rights and anti-corruption organizations from around the world, today called on the European Union (EU) to establish a targeted...
Washington, D.C.—In response to the Trump Administration sanctioning 17 individuals for their involvement in the killing of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, Human Rights First’s Senior Vice President...
New York City—In response to the announcement by Central European University (CEU) that it will be forced to leave Budapest, Hungary if the government of Hungary does not agree to a deal on its...
In a hearing before the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, Human Rights First Senior Vice President for Policy Rob Berschinski outlined recommendations for Members of the European...
August 18, 2020
Dear Minister Champagne, Secretary Mnuchin, Secretary Pompeo, and Foreign Secretary Raab,
We, the 71 undersigned organizations dedicated to the promotion of universal
human...
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Transparency International EU
Frozen – How can the EU Fight Global Corruption
Panel: Toward the Adoption of an EU-wide Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime
March 06, 2019
Rob...
On October 2, 2018, a team of Saudi Arabian hit men are alleged to have murdered Washington Post columnist and Virginia resident Jamal Khashoggi after luring him into Saudi Arabia’s embassy in...
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December 05, 2018
OPEN LETTER FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A TARGETED, GLOBAL EU HUMAN RIGHTS SANCTIONS REGIME
Dear Ministers of Foreign...
