EU human rights sanctions: Towards a European Magnitsky Act

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 7 a.m.

b'The EU adopts restrictive measures \\u2013 mostly in the form of travel bans and asset freezes \\u2013 against individuals and organisations responsible for some of the worst human rights violations. Until now, the EU has mostly adopted sanctions targeted at individual countries. However, the EU is now shifting to a more thematic approach, under which sanctions focus on a particular type of problem rather than a country.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t
\\n\\t\\t\\t\\thttps://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2020)659402\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t
\\n\\t\\t\\t\\thttps://youtu.be/nuyFLBjZ4nY\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t

Source: \\xa9 European Union - EP'