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Canada Seeking to Transfer Seized Sanctioned Assets to Human Rights Violations Victims

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged the country’s foreign affairs minister to build on its Magnitsky Law sanctions regime by ensuring seized assets from sanctioned parties are transferred to their victims, according to a Dec. 13 mandate letter. The measure…

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will increase “support for victims of human rights violations” and will be conducted “with appropriate judicial oversight,” the letter said.