Australia to Examine Sanctions Laws in Effort to Target Human Rights Violations
Australia's parliament announced an inquiry to examine whether the country should adopt sanctions on human rights violations, the parliament said in a Dec. 4 press release. Kevin Andrews, a member of parliament and chair of the government’s Human Rights Subcommittee, said the inquiry will focus on Australia's current sanctions laws, its ability to impose sanctions on foreign actors committing human rights violations, its enforcement methods and a comparison to other jurisdictions to determine whether Australia's sanctions laws can be strengthened.
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“A thorough examination of our current regime and how it compares internationally, particularly with the United States’ Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act will enable any strengthening measures to be implemented and to ensure our regime is functioning effectively,” Andrews said in a statement. Australia’s parliament is asking for submissions to the inquiry, which are due by Jan. 31, 2020. International submissions will be due Feb. 28, 2020.