Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. William Browder:

In April 2010, together with the US Helsinki Commission, which is a human rights commission in the US Congress, we came up with an original Magnitsky list, which consisted of 60 people whose names were on documents in the false arrest, torture and death of Mr. Magnitsky or involved in crimes which he had uncovered. We are now in the final stages of concluding the updated list based on information we have gathered over two years. While I cannot be definitive, I believe the list will include more than the original 60 persons. This is not speculation. This is based on evidence in terms of signatures on documents which come within the US sanctions. All of this information will be released in the course of the next few weeks when the Americans have completed their list. The Americans had 120 days from December to 15 April to release a list of who should be on the Magnitsky list.