From this week’s coming news post on politics & democracy, and international affairs on better Magnitsky sanctions

From this week’s coming news post on politics & democracy, and international affairs on   better Magnitsky sanctions:

from this event “Magnitsky Month Event 2023 – Evaluating Australia’s Magnitsky Sanctions Framework: Challenges, Opportunities and the Role of Civil Society”   https://acij.org.au/magnitsky-month-event-2023-evaluating-australias-magnitsky-sanctions-framework-challenges-opportunities-and-the-role-of-civil-society/   held as part of Magnitsky Month (which I did not know about - see https://humanrightsfirst.org/magnitsky-month/), recommendations to improve sanctions:   “A Journey of 20: An Empirical Study of the Impact of Magnitsky Corruption Sanctions”   https://www.internationallawyersproject.org/post/a-journey-of-20-an-empirical-study-of-the-impact-of-magnitisky-corruption-sanctions   and   Save the Children submission to a review of the legal framework for autonomous sanctions   https://www.savethechildren.org.au/getmedia/5ecd317e-7eff-4500-a156-9602cb57bcd2/save-the-children-submission-review-of-autono_philippa-lysaght.pdf.aspx   For background, see also   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magnitsky_legislation&oldid=1177244749   

Geoffrey Robertson's book on this, "Bad People – and How to Be Rid of Them: A Plan B for Human Rights" is also an excellent source of information on this topic. 

I have also written about this topic, including at: 

• “We have a Magnitsky-style Act!”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2021/12/we-have-magnitsky-style-act.html   Note this was a cut down version of what was proposed, so I am not surprised improvements are possible  
  

• “Digital dumbness, the still active evil of n___ism, and an Australian Magnitsky Act”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2021/10/digital-dumbness-still-active-evil-of.html  
  

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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