Parliament to consider new Magnitsky-style law to crackdown on human rights abusers | Sky News Australia

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Liberal backbencher Kevin Andrews says Australia is considering adopting a Magnitsky-style act, designed to ensure human rights abusers cannot spend their ill-gotten gains within Australia.

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The law came to public attention after human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appeared before an Australia inquiry to urge the government to ramp up economic sanctions on human rights abusers. Parliament's bipartisan Foreign Affairs Committee has considered introducing powers that could possibly freeze assets and impose travel restrictions on individual human rights violators.

 

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