Australian Bipartisan Inquiry Proposes Human Rights Accountability Law to Prohibit Entry and Confiscate Assets of Human Rights Offenders
A bipartisan parliamentary inquiry in Australia was to suggest the Morrison government to enact a new bill akin to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Once the bill is passed, it will give the government the power to impose visa and asset sanctions on individuals who commit serious human rights violations or corruption.
Sources from the government have confirmed with local media Herald Sun and The Sunday Age that it would set up a new sanction system in the coming new year, but at the same time emphasized that it would first review the new report to be released by the inquiry this week. The report includes a draft legislation developed by Australian human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson for the government’s reference.
The inquiry suggested that an independent oversight committee composed of experts be established with regards to human rights violations. The committee would give the government its recommendations for individuals to sanction, and the foreign minister may decide corresponding sanctions upon considering factors such as national security, trading and diplomatic relations.
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Source: Stand News #Dec07
https://bit.ly/3awyE0i
A bipartisan parliamentary inquiry in Australia was to suggest the Morrison government to enact a new bill akin to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Once the bill is passed, it will give the government the power to impose visa and asset sanctions on individuals who commit serious human rights violations or corruption.
Sources from the government have confirmed with local media Herald Sun and The Sunday Age that it would set up a new sanction system in the coming new year, but at the same time emphasized that it would first review the new report to be released by the inquiry this week. The report includes a draft legislation developed by Australian human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson for the government’s reference.
The inquiry suggested that an independent oversight committee composed of experts be established with regards to human rights violations. The committee would give the government its recommendations for individuals to sanction, and the foreign minister may decide corresponding sanctions upon considering factors such as national security, trading and diplomatic relations.
#Australia #China #humanrights #sanction #Morrison #GeoffreyRobertson #Robertson #ScottMorrison #HeraldSun #TheSundayAge #Magnitsky #MagnitskyAct #GlobalMagnitskyHumanRightsAccountabilityAct
Source: Stand News #Dec07
https://bit.ly/3awyE0i