We found 749 results for “Accountability”.
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Bar Alleged Abuser Prince Nasser from Presenting Bahrain Grand Prix Trophies
February 26, 2024
At a press event today in London hosted by Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Senior Advisor Brian Dooley reiterated Human Rights First’s call…
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Paraguay Anti-Corruption Sanctions and Their Lessons
February 16, 2024
By Gita Howard, Piero Fiorino, and Chloe Zoeller In Paraguay, impunity rates for government officials involved in corruption are alarmingly high. The U.S. government’s recent…
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Explaining Targeted U.S. Sanctions under the West Bank Executive Order
February 14, 2024
By Adam Keith and Amanda Strayer President Biden’s February 1 executive order (E.O. 14115) created a broad and flexible targeted U.S. sanctions program focused on…
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Jan. 12, 2024: Statement for the Record of Human Rights First on U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
January 29, 2024
U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs “The Risks of Progressive Ideologies in the U.S. Military” January 12, 2024 I. About…
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It’s Time to Use Magnitsky Sanctions to Better Protect Marginalized Groups
January 29, 2024
When I first began working on Magnitsky sanctions, I was struck by something you don’t see every day among human rights activists – a sense…
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Why Bahraini prince must be sanctioned for human rights violations
January 19, 2024
By Brian Dooley and Suchita Uppal Human Rights First has formally recommended to the U.S. Department of State that it impose visa sanctions against Bahrain’s…
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Shaming without naming: Briefing on report
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Shaming Without Naming: The Limits of U.S. Visa Sanctions Tools on Accountability for Human Rights Abuses and Corruption As a follow-up to our events and…
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On Anniversary of Capitol Insurrection, Democracy Remains at Risk
January 5, 2024
Washington, D.C. – On the anniversary of the insurrection at the United States Capitol, Human Rights First calls for accountability for those responsible for that…
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Human Rights First Welcomes Novel Uses of U.S. Global Magnitsky Sanctions
December 20, 2023
Washington, D.C. – To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and mark International Anticorruption Day, the United States government issued…
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Shaming Without Naming
December 19, 2023
The limits of confidential U.S. visa sanctions for accountability Visa sanctions have become an increasingly popular and, in some cases, quite effective tool in the…
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As British Soldier Finally Faces Murder Charges for Bloody Sunday, Victims’ Families Speak
December 18, 2023
By Brian Dooley News that a former British soldier will finally face trial for some of the killings on Bloody Sunday has been greeted with…
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Use of Magnitsky Sanctions by U.S. Government Declines
December 7, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today released a report, Slow Progress: U.S. Global Magnitsky Sanctions in their Sixth Year, which finds a significant decline…