How to Get Human Rights Abusers and Kleptocrats Sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act
Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 4:00 am
Witnesses
Rob Berschinski
Senior Vice President
Human Rights First
Brad Brooks-Rubin
Managing Director
The Sentry
Mark Dubowitz
CEO
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Adam Smith
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Josh White
Director of Policy and Analysis
The Sentry
The workshop provided human rights organizations, transparency advocates, and congressional staff with the tools they need to effectively petition the U.S. government to review and potentially designate individuals and organizations for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act.
Sanctions experts described, from an operational perspective, how the U.S. government identifies, vets, and ultimately sanctions individuals. They also discussed the evidentiary standards for sanctioning human rights violators vs. those engaged in serious acts of corruption. Finally, panelists shared investigative techniques, communications strategies, and responses to aggressive tactics used to intimidate human rights and transparency advocates.
Relevant Countries
Partners for Cooperation
| Afghanistan
| Algeria
| Australia
| Egypt
| Israel
| Japan
| Morocco
| Republic of Korea
| Thailand
| Tunisia
| Jordan
| Participating States
| Albania
| Andorra
| Armenia
| Austria
| Azerbaijan
| Belarus
| Belgium
| Bulgaria
| Canada
| Croatia
| Cyprus
| Czech Republic
| Denmark
| Estonia
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Finland
| France
| Georgia
| Germany
| Greece
| Holy See
| Hungary
| Iceland
| Italy
| Kazakhstan
| Kyrgyzstan
| Latvia
| Liechtenstein
| Lithuania
| Luxembourg
| North Macedonia
| Malta
| Moldova
| Monaco
| Mongolia
| Montenegro
| Netherlands
| Norway
| Poland
| Portugal
| Romania
| Russian Federation
| San Marino
| Serbia
| Slovak Republic
| Slovenia
| Spain
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| Tajikistan
| Turkey
| Turkmenistan
| Ukraine
| United Kingdom
| United States of America
| Uzbekistan
| Ireland