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Regimes for combating human rights abuses are gaining momentum, examples of which include the European Parliament resolution of March 10, 2021 recommending to the EU Commission the introduction of corporate due diligence and corporate accountability, and Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz) of June 11, 2021.… Continue Reading
The UK used its new Magnitsky-style law for the first time last week to sanction 47 individuals and two organizations for their alleged involvement in “some of the most notorious human rights violations and abuses in recent years.”… Continue Reading
Four years on, the fallout from the 1MDB scandal continues. A key conspirator has agreed to forfeit up to $900 million in assets. Malaysian investigators just alleged that the country’s ex-premier approached prosecutors and foreign royalty about a cover up.… Continue Reading
In considering external operating risk, it has long been clear that corruption and negative human rights impacts correlate keenly.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control Thursday imposed sanctions on five individuals, including at least three Russians, and on a Chechen group for extra-judicial killings and torturing LGBT individuals.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three Saudi officials and 14 members of a hit team for their role in murdering Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi.… Continue Reading
The man behind the Magnitsky Act denounced the White House for considering swapping him in exchange for U.S. access to a dozen Russians indicted for hacking America’s 2016 presidential election.
Bill Browder called the idea “appalling and atrocious.”… Continue Reading
During the Helsinki summit Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered American investigators a chance to interview 12 indicted Russian intelligence agents in exchange for Russian access to Bill Browder.
Browder, the London-based CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, once the biggest foreign investor in Russia, wasn’t surprised.… Continue Reading
In a move watched carefully around the world, the United States adopted its first anti-kleptocracy law with extraterritorial reach in 2016.
The Global Magnitsky Act, named after a Russian lawyer who uncovered a massive corruption scheme and died for his efforts, is a novel piece of legislation that gives the U.S.… Continue Reading
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added four Russians and a Chechen to its list of those sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act for alleged human rights abuses.
The most prominent name on Wednesday’s list was the head of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.… Continue Reading
The White House sent a letter to Congress pledging a commitment to the “robust and thorough enforcement” of the Global Magnitsky Act.
Congress adopted the Global Magnitsky Act in December 2016.… Continue Reading
A Russian lawyer representing the family of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky suffered serious head injuries after falling from the fourth floor of his apartment building near Moscow.
Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta said Nikolai Gorokhov apparently fell from the window Tuesday while trying to lift a bath tub up to his apartment.… Continue Reading