"The unique power of Global Magnitsky sanctions greatly relies on the fact that this particular tool has a specific purpose – to condemn and hold accountable perpetrators of the world’s worst abuses."
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 6 September 2024.
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the nonpartisan human rights organization, Human Rights First, with over 90 press freedom and advocacy groups in expressing deep concern over the U.S. government’s declining response to international human rights and corruption violations in a September 5, 2024 letter.
The signatories urged the Departments of State and Treasury to prioritize the effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions, a human rights and anticorruption accountability tool that authorizes sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
Read the full letter here.
