Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act

The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act authorizes the president of the United States to block or revoke the visas of certain “foreign persons” (both individuals and entities) or to impose property sanctions on them. People can be sanctioned (a) if they are responsible for or acted as an agent for someone responsible for “extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights,” or (b) if they are government officials or senior associates of government officials complicit in “acts of significant corruption.”

 

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• The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act by Congressional Research Service, a report prepared for Members and Committees of Congress, 3 Dec 2021, https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R46981.pdf (text). Accessed 20 April 2022.

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• The Global Magnitsky Act Frequently Asked Questions Human Rights First, April 2019, https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/hrf-global-magnitsky-faq.pdf (text). Accessed 20 April 2022.

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• The US Global Magnitsky Act Questions and Answers Human Rights Watch, 13 Sept 2017, https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/13/us-global-magnitsky-act (text). Accessed 20 April 2022.

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• Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act Annual Report A Notice by the State Department on 01/04/2021, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/04/2020-29015/global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act-annual-report(text). Accessed 20 April 2022.