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Jackson-Vanik Amendment Repealed; Magnitsky Provisions Draw Russian Ire and Termination of Adoption and Anticrime Agreements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 107 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 449 - 452
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 The Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-208, 126 Stat. 1496 (2012).

2 Andrew E. Kramer,U.S. Companies Worry About Impact of Russia Joining W.T.O., N.Y. Times, Aug. 22, 2012, at B5; Jeremy W. Peters, Senate Passes Russian Trade Bill, with a Human Rights Caveat, N.Y. Times, Dec. 7, 2012, at B4.

3 Codified at 19 U.S.C. §2432(a).

4 Editorial, A Costly Anachronism, N.Y. Times, Feb. 28, 2012, at A22; Kathy Lally & Will Englund, U.S. Legislation Infuriates Russia, Wash. Post, Dec. 7, 2012, at A8.

5 Doug Palmer, U.S. Trade Groups Call Magnitsky Bill Flawed, Wash. Post, June 6, 2012, at A10; Kathy Lally, House Panel Approves Magnitsky Rights Bill, Wash. Post, June 8, 2012, at A10; Editorial, Punish the Russian Abusers, Wash. Post, June 17, 2012, at A14; Jeremy W. Peters, House Passes Russia Trade Bill with Eye on Rights Abuses, N.Y. Times, Nov. 17, 2012, at A6.

6 Kathy Lally, Magnitsky Law Spurs Fight over Human Rights in U.S., Russia, Wash. Post, Dec. 9, 2012, at A17.

7 Kathy Lally & Will Englund, Magnitsky Documentary Suggests Fraud, Collusion, Wash. Post, June 27, 2012, at A10.

8 Will Englund & Kathy Lally,Moscow Warns U.S. over Magnitsky Bill, Wash.Post, May 30, 2012, at A8; Will Englund, Russia Pledges ‘Tough’ Response as House Approves Bill Targeting Rights Violators, Wash. Post, Nov. 17, 2012, at A16; Lally & Englund, supra note 4; David M. Herszenhorn, Bill on Russia Trade Ties Sets Off New Acrimony, N.Y. Times, Dec. 8, 2012, at A8; David M. Herszenhorn, Putin Backs Penalizing U.S. Judges in Adoptions, N.Y. Times, Dec. 14, 2012, at A12.

9 U.S. Dep’t of State Release No. 2012/1929, The Passage of H.R. 6156 (Dec.6,2012), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/12/201640.htm.

10 Will Englund, Russians Naming Bill in Memory of Va. Baby, Wash. Post, Dec. 12, 2012, at A11; David M. Herszenhorn, Putin Evasive on Banning Adoptions by Americans, N.Y. Times, Dec. 21, 2012, at A6.

11 John R.Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 104 AJIL 489, 529 (2010) & 105 AJIL 775, 815 (2011).

12 Will Englund, Russia’s Adoption Ban Delayed Until 2014, Wash. Post, Jan. 11, 2013, at A9.

13 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2012/2019, Statement on Russia’s Yakovlev Act (Dec. 28, 2012), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/12/202401.htm.

14 David M. Herszenhorn & Andrew E. Kramer, Russian Adoption Ban Brings Uncertainty and Outrage, N.Y. Times, Dec. 29, 2012, at A9; Ellen Barry, Trouble in Russia over Ban of Adoptions by Americans, N.Y. Times, Jan. 12, 2013, at A5; Kathy Lally, Russians Protest Ban on U.S. Adoption, Wash. Post, Jan. 14, 2013, at A11; Ellen Barry, Performers Urge Russia to Permit Adoptions, N.Y. Times, Feb. 8, 2013, at A12.

15 Englund, supra note 12.

16 Ellen Barry, Russia to Let a Few U.S. Adoptions Go On, N.Y. Times, Jan. 11, 2013, at A11; David M. Herszen horn, Russia to Let U.S. Adoptions in Final Stages Go Through, N.Y. Times, Jan. 18, 2013, at A6; Barry, supra note 14.

17 Kathy Lally, Russia Cancels Crime-Fighting Agreement with U.S., Wash. Post, Jan. 31, 2013, at A7.

18 David M. Herszenhorn & Andrew E. Kramer, Another Reset of Relations with Russia in Obama’s Second Term, N.Y. Times, Feb. 2, 2013, at A4.

19 U.S. Dep’t of State Daily Press Briefing No. 17 (Jan. 30, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2013/01/203538.htm#RUSSIA.