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The Anti-Trafficking Trade Act Helps the U.S. to Fight Trafficking
January 17, 2018
Yesterday, Senators Menendez (D-NJ) and Portman (R- OH) introduced the Anti-Trafficking Trade Act, a bill to prevent countries failing to meet the minimum standards for…
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Human Rights First Welcomes Initial Global Magnitsky Sanctions Designations and Calls for Additional Accountability
December 22, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First applauds the Trump Administration’s decision to designate 15 foreign individuals and 37 entities under the 2016 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability…
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Magnitsky Sanctions Hold Chechen Human Rights Abusers Accountable
December 20, 2017
Washington, D.C.—In response to the announcement that the United States has designated Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs…
Testimony
Testimony of Robert G. Berschinski: Examining the Anti-Corruption Provisions of the Global Magnitsky Act
December 13, 2017
Robert G. Berschinski Remarks as Prepared U.S. Helsinki Commission Briefing Examining the Anti-‐Corruption Provisions of the Global Magnitsky Act December 13, 2017 U.S. Helsinki Commission…
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President Trump Signs NDAA with Important Accountability Provisions
December 12, 2017
Today, President Trump signed into law two important new provisions that will strengthen congressional oversight, transparency, and accountability for the “War on Terror.” The provisions,…
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Human Rights First Commemorates Human Rights Day with Advocates & Allies of the Year Awards
December 10, 2017
By Shawn M. Gaylord Today, Human Rights First commemorates Human Rights Day marking the date in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of…
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Sessions Outlines Measures that Threaten Fairness in Immigration Court
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement on the immigration court system threaten due process and fairness in the asylum system. “The…
Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption
December 1, 2017
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency…
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Senators Urge Trump Administration to Investigate Reported Persecution of Azerbaijan’s LGBT Community
November 8, 2017
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First applauds today’s bipartisan Senate effort to urge the Trump Administration to investigate the the alleged detention of dozens of LGBT people in Azerbaijan and, to condemn any credible…
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58 Human Rights Groups Call on Tillerson, Mnuchin to Impose Burma Sanctions
November 3, 2017
Washington, D.C.—In response to the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Burma, Human Rights First, in coalition with 58 human rights, labor rights, and…
Letter
Global Magnitsky Human Rights and Accountability Act Submission Form
November 1, 2017
Given that use of Global Magnitsky Act (GMA) sanctions authority is elective, the U.S. government must be convinced that it is in the U.S. national…
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Reauthorizing Critical Anti-Trafficking Legislation
October 5, 2017
Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Trafficking Victims Protection (TVPA) Reauthorization Act of 2017 (S.1862), aimed at strengthening U.S. global leadership in…