Senate debates

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Bills

Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Thematic Sanctions) Bill 2021; In Committee

4:35 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

(1)—Clause 1, page 1 (lines 5 and 6), omit "Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Thematic Sanctions) Act 2021", substitute "Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Magnitsky-style and Other Thematic Sanctions) Act 2021".

(2)—Schedule 1, item 4, page 3 (line 25), at the end of subsection 3(3), add:

; (f) serious violations of international humanitarian law.

The amendments at item (2) goes to an expansion of the themes under which sanctions may be implemented to include serious violations of international humanitarian law. We are also, as flagged in my speech, seeking to move changes to the title of the legislation to include 'Magnitsky-style and Other Thematic Sanctions'.

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