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Australia announces 'Magnitsky' sanctions against targets in Russia and Iran. What are they and will they work?

  • Written by: Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
Australia announces 'Magnitsky' sanctions against targets in Russia and Iran. What are they and will they work?Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/AAP

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong chose Human Rights Day to announce Magnitsky-style sanctions against 13 Russian and Iranian individuals and two entities, in response to egregious human rights abuses.

Wong has described these sanctions as a means of holding human rights abusers to account, in situations where dialogue...

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