Magnitsky legislation
Magnitsky legislation refers to laws providing for governmental sanctions against foreign individuals who have committed human rights abuses or been involved in significant corruption. They originated with the United States which passed the first Magnitsky legislation in 2012, following the death of Sergei Magnitsky in Russia in 2009. Since then, a number of countries have passed similar legislation including Russia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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first Magnitsky legislation
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Q247917
Sergei Magnitsky
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Q159
Russia
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Q16
Canada
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Q145
United Kingdom
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Magnitsky legislation
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Q96391467
Magnitsky legislation
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2012-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2012
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2009-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2009
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