Resources: Targeted Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Sanctions

Tools for Accountability

Human Rights First and its partners have developed these resources to help civil society navigate the world of targeted sanctions for human rights abuse and corruption.

Key Resources on Advocating for Targeted Sanctions

General Overview of Targeted U.S. Sanctions Programs

Model Template for a Targeted Sanctions Recommendation to the U.S. Government

Frequently Asked Questions about the U.S. Global Magnitsky Program

How to Communicate Securely with Human Rights First

U.S. Global Magnitsky Slide Deck

U.S. Government materials about targeted sanctions

The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act of 2016

Executive Order 13818 - Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (Global Magnitsky)

Congressional Calls for Global Magnitsky Sanctions (as of October 2020)

How Sanctions Have Been Implemented

United States: Global Magnitsky Designations (as of March 2023)

United States: Visa Restrictions under Section 7031(c) (as of March 2023)

Resources for Particular Regions, Languages, and Other Jurisdictions

United Kingdom: Explaining the UK's Global Human Rights Sanctions Program

Middle East/North Africa: Global Magnitsky Sanctions from a MENA Perspective (in English, with TIMEP)

Middle East/North Africa: Global Magnitsky Sanctions from a MENA Perspective (in Arabic, with TIMEP)

Russia: Legal Criteria for Russia-Related Sanctions in the U.S., U.K., and E.U. (with REDRESS and OSEPI)

Spanish/Español: Presentación General – Sanciones Selectivas de Derechos Humanos y Anticorrupción (with PADF)

Spanish/Español: Plantilla de entrega con texto de muestra para recomendaciones de sanciones

Resources on the International Criminal Court (ICC)

ICC Case and Sanctions Tracker (as of March 2023)