Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act Annual Report (2026)
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The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act Annual Report, submitted by the Secretary of State pursuant to Executive Order 13818, details the U.S. government's actions to identify and sanction foreign individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights abuses and significant corruption worldwide. Executive Order 13818, signed in December 2017, expanded the original Magnitsky Act's scope beyond Russia to allow the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC) to designate foreign nationals involved in human rights violations or corruption globally, freezing their U.S.-held assets and barring them from entering or conducting business in the United States. The annual report provides Congress with a comprehensive accounting of designations made under the program during the reporting period, including the identities of sanctioned individuals and entities, the nature of their alleged abuses, and the diplomatic and enforcement steps taken by the State Department and Treasury in coordination with international partners. This notice serves as the public record of the report's submission and signals continued U.S. commitment to using targeted financial sanctions as a tool to deter human rights abuses and hold perpetrators accountable without imposing broad economic penalties on entire nations.
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Key Changes
- Annual report submitted to Congress by the Secretary of State as mandated under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Executive Order 13818
- Report covers all OFAC designations made under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program during the reporting period ending 2026
- Designated individuals and entities face asset freezes on all U.S.-held property and are barred from U.S. financial system access
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Obligations
What this law requires
Secretary of State must submit an annual report to Congress detailing all designations made under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act during the reporting period
Annual report must include the identities of all sanctioned individuals and entities designated under the program
Annual report must document the nature of alleged human rights abuses and significant corruption attributed to each designated person or entity
Annual report must describe diplomatic and enforcement steps taken by the State Department and Treasury Department in coordination with international partners
OFAC must freeze U.S.-held assets of designated foreign individuals and entities