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EU Magnitsky Act

Decisions: 4 on 4 sitting days
Outcomes: 4 adopted · 0 rejected
Period: 19 Dec 2024 – 11 Mar 2026
Found by: A model, not checked by hand

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Kind: EU initiative
Status: Dormant (no decision for six months)
Last 90 days: 0 decisions
Roll-call votes: 4
By kind: New laws 1 · Resolutions 3

Kind: EU initiative
Status: Dormant (no decision for six months)
Last 90 days: 0 decisions
Roll-call votes: 4
By kind: New laws 1 · Resolutions 3

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The EU's global human rights sanctions regime allowing asset freezes and travel bans on human rights abusers.

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Decisions, 4

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

**Effect**: what the decision did. **Final vote**: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
11 Mar 2026	Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application	New laws	Passed	458 for, 103 against, 63 abstained by roll call
21 Jan 2026	Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’)	Resolutions	Adopted	440 for, 127 against, 59 abstained by roll call
18 Dec 2025	Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan	Resolutions	Adopted	477 for, 7 against, 69 abstained by roll call
19 Dec 2024	Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV	Resolutions	Adopted	434 for, 30 against, 89 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 4

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

**Decisions**: decisions on the dossier counted here. **Latest decision**: its date and outcome.
Dossier	Decisions	Latest decision
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application 2025-0429	Decisions1	11 Mar 2026 · Adopted
Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’) 2025-2049	Decisions1	21 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan 2025-3028	Decisions1	18 Dec 2025 · Adopted
Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV 2024-2994	Decisions1	19 Dec 2024 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 4 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a **clear line** = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). **For / Against / Abstained**: its clear line. **Divided**: no clear line. **With the outcome**: votes where its majority line matched the result. **Votes**: finals the group voted on.
Group	For	Against	Abstained	Divided	With the outcome	Votes
The Left	For2	Against0	Abst.0	Divided2	With outcome4	of4
Greens	For4	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome4	of4
S&D	For4	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome4	of4
Renew	For4	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome4	of4
EPP	For4	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome4	of4
ECR	For0	Against0	Abst.0	Divided4	With outcome2	of4
Patriots	For1	Against1	Abst.0	Divided2	With outcome2	of4
ESN	For0	Against1	Abst.2	Divided1	With outcome0	of4

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

Topic Foreign affairs Ukraine, the Middle East, China, enlargement, human rights abroad.
Topic Defence & security Defence industry, military support, cyber and hybrid threats.
Topic Justice, rule of law & rights Rule of law, fundamental rights, judicial and police cooperation.

Running issues

Issue Transnational repression Running issue · EU initiative 16 Jun 2026

Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-magnitsky-act
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “EU Magnitsky Act”. Running issue, 11 March 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-magnitsky-act (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-issue-eu-magnitsky-act,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{EU Magnitsky Act}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-magnitsky-act}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-magnitsky-act},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}