The following motion was moved by Senator Jim Walsh on 6 March 2013: That the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade –- noting that the Russian lawyer, Mr. Sergei Magnitsky, died on 16 November 2009 at the age of 37, after being systematically denied medical care and beaten by riot guards with rubber batons in a Russian pre-trial detention centre, after he uncovered and exposed a major corruption scandal in Russia; and - noting the passage in December 2012 of the U.S. Magnitsky Law, the European Parliament Report into establishing common visa restrictions for Russian officials involved in the Mr. Sergei Magnitsky case, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly resolution and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Written Declaration, all calling for visa sanctions for the perpetrators of this crime; - calls on the Government to impose an Irish Magnitsky Law which would:- publicly list the names, - deny visas into Ireland, and - freeze any assets found in Ireland,of Russian government officials and others who -- were responsible for the false arrest, torture and death of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky, - perpetrated or financially benefited from the crimes that Mr. Sergei Magnitsky uncovered and exposed, and-or - participated in the cover up of those responsible for those crimes;- calls for the Irish Magnitsky law to be imposed against all other gross human rights violators; - calls on the Government to use its Presidency of the Council of the European Union to impose EU-wide visa sanctions as called for by the European Parliament.