STATEMENT BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM MCGOVERN ON TODAY’S STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON THE MAGNITSKY LAW McGovern Was Original House Sponsor of the Legislation “The lack of new names on the list is very disappointing. I am looking forward to the day when the Magnitsky law will become obsolete because the climate of impunity no longer prevails inside Russia. But today is not that day. The Magnitsky Act is the law of the United States, and I will do everything I can to ensure that it is implemented ...
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Last week, U.S. Representatives McGovern, Royce, and Keating sent a letter to Secretary of State Kerry urging the U.S. to lead the way on the humanitarian crisis in Syria. In the letter, the three Members of Congress wrote, "We strongly urge you to use all available U.S. leverage to seek Russian and other international cooperation to establish a humanitarian framework which will allow international humanitarian agencies to provide their services in the besieged areas. If the United States and Ru...
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The Procurador's action against the Mayor of Bogota, and the response inside Colombia, indicate the need for reflection on how prepared Colombian society is – including its highest authorities – to expand the political landscape and welcome the political participation of previously excluded sectors, including those of former combatants.
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We wish to express our congratulations to the people of Honduras for their commitment to democracy as demonstrated by the participation in recent elections.
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65 years ago, in 1948, the first 58 Members of the United Nations, fresh from the wounds and memories of World War II, adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern sent a letter to Secretary Kerry, urging him to encourage his European counterparts to adopt legislation and/or measures similar to the ones outlined in the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. The letter comes in anticipation of a new report from the State Department and Treasury on the implementation of the Magnitsky Act.
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Congressman James P. McGovern today called on the Government of Bahrain to grant the early prison release of Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights.
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Yesterday, the TLHRC held a hearing on global gender-based violence and co-hosted a photo exhibit with the International Rescue Committee on GBV survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Vision Not Victim; Young Girls in DRC Envision Their Futures.”
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I believe that one day we will see a more peaceful, socially just, strong Colombia. But I caution that now is not the time for half-measures, for symbolic laws, and unfulfilled promises. Now is the time to come together, to think creatively and act affirmatively – so that day arrives sooner rather than later.
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