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致欧盟委员会主席乌苏拉·冯·德莱恩夫人的公开信,请通过欧盟范围的《马格尼茨基法案》 【翻译】

Open letter to the president of the European Commission, Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen, on the adoption of an EU-wide Magnitsky Act

致欧盟委员会主席乌苏拉·冯·德莱恩夫人的公开信,请通过欧盟范围的《马格尼茨基法案》

The Hague 1st Dec. 2019

海牙(荷兰)2019.12.01

Dear Mrs. von der Leyen,

亲爱的冯德莱恩夫人

As pleased as we were to learn that you foresee a more geopolitical commission with a more strategic, assertive and united approach to our European external relations, there is one crucial element missing in your mission letter to the new High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell. This missing element is our common duty to stand up against human rights abuses and to fight impunity around the globe, by implementing an EU-wide Magnitsky Act.

我们高兴地获知,你欲将成立一个更具地缘政治性质的委员会,让我们欧洲在对外关系上采取更具战略性、果断和统一的做法,但你给新任外交政策和安全政策高级代表乔瑟普·博雷尔先生的致信中却遗漏了一项关键要素。缺失的这一要素乃是我们的共同使命,即通过在全欧盟范围内执行一项《马格尼茨基法案》,在全球范围内反对侵犯人权和打击有罪不罚现象。

The name Sergei Magnitsky will surely be familiar to you. As a Russian lawyer, he sacrificed his life at the age of 37 by standing up to corruption in his country. His name is globally synonymous with the fight against human rights abuses and corruption. His sacrifice has inspired many of us to fight impunity for human rights abuses around the world through effective legislation. It is for this reason that the Dutch government has, upon the instigation of national MPs and the European Parliament, proposed EU legislation to impose visa sanctions and asset freezes on human rights abusers. Still today, this act has not been adopted. This must change.

你一定很熟悉谢尔盖·马格尼茨基这个名字。作为一名俄罗斯律师,他在37岁时牺牲了自己的生命,起身对抗国家的腐败。他的名字在全球范围内是打击侵犯人权和腐败的同义词。他的牺牲激励我们许多人通过有效的立法打击世界各地侵犯人权却不受惩罚的现象。正是由于这个原因,荷兰政府在各国议员和欧洲议会的鼓动下,提出了欧盟立法,对侵犯人权者实施签证制裁和资产冻结。时至今日,这项法案仍未通过。这必须改变。

As the new commission president of the European Union, you have many daunting tasks ahead. We are at a crucial junction in our common history, as the world is becoming more dangerous and geopolitical powers are shifting. The choice we will make together during the bulwark of democracy and freedom in a turbulent world. With a dangerous revival of autocracies around us, human rights and political freedoms are increasingly under pressure. In order to provide an answer, the EU must stand firm in order to protect our values and must speak out with clear measures when our common values are under pressure.

作为欧盟委员会的新主席,面对许多艰巨的任务。如今我们同样正处于一个关键的历史转折点,因为世界正变得越来越凶险,地缘政治力量正日益变化着。在动荡的世界中,我们将在民主和自由的堡垒中共同作出选择。随着我们周围独裁政权的死灰复燃,走向复兴,人权和政治自由正日益受到压力。为了提供一个答案,欧盟必须坚定立场,以保护我们的价值观,必须在我们的共同价值观面临压力时,以明确的措施表态。

If we fail to address human rights abuses with firm measures, our calls of concern will ring hollow to the victims' ears. If we fail to implement this Magnitsky Act, human rights abusers will continue to undermine humankind's most fundamental values with impunity. Targeting abusers' money abroad and their travel is one of the most effective ways of creating consequences. There can be no impunity for generals in Myanmar who hunt down Rohingyas, for arms dealers who breach the weapons embargo against South Sudan, the rapists in the central African republic or the killers of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

如果我们不能以坚定的措施解决侵犯人权问题,我们的关切之声在受害者耳中便会空洞无力。如果我们不执行这项马格尼茨基法案,那些践踏人权者们将继续破坏人类最基本的价值观,而不受惩罚。对侵犯人权者的钱和他们出行作为制裁目标将是最有效果的手段之一。那些在缅甸抓捕罗兴亚人的将军们、违反对南苏丹武器禁运的军火商们、中非共和国的强奸犯或沙特记者贾马尔·卡舒吉的凶手等,都不能逍遥法外。

For this reason, it is of utmost importance that the Magnitsky Act is adopted and implemented as soon as possible。We call upon you and Mr. Borrell to make the adoption and introduction of an Eu-wide Magnitsky Act as one of your priorities for the first months of your Commission's tenure. We urge you to honor Magnitsky in name and fight impunity worldwide.

因此,最重要的是尽快通过和实施《马格尼茨基法案》。我们呼吁您和博雷尔先生将通过和实施欧盟范围的《马格尼茨基法案》作为你们在委员会任期头几个月的优先事项之一。我们敦促你们以马格尼茨基之名为荣,在全世界打击有罪不罚现象。

Sincerely,

您真诚的,

Sjoerd Sjoerdsma MP (Netherlands)

Andrius Kubilius MEP (Lithuania)

Andrus Ansip MEP (Estonia)

Antony Hook MEP (United Kingdom)

Arba Kokalari MEP (Sweden)

Bernard Guetta MEP (France)

Bram van Ojik MP (Netherlands)

Catherine Bearder MEP (United Kingdom)

Chris Bryant MP (United Kingdom)

Christophe Grudler MEP (France)

Cristian Ghinea MEP (Romania)

Daniel Freund MEP (Germany)

Dragoș Tudorache MEP (Romania)

Ian Austin MP (United Kingdom)

Ian Blackford MP (United Kingdom)

Inese Vaidere MEP (Latvia)

Irena Joveva MEP (Slovenia)

Irina Von Wiese MEP (United Kingdom)

Izaskun Bilbao Barandica MEP (Spain)

Javier Nart MEP (Spain)

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP (Poland)

Joël Voordewind MP (Netherlands)

John Whittingdale MP (United Kingdom)

Jonathan Djanogly MP (United Kingdom)

Juozas Olekas MEP (Lithuania)

Lilianne Ploumen MP (Netherlands)

Liudas Mažylis MEP (Lithuania)

Lucy Nethsingha MEP (United Kingdom)

Luisa Porritt MEP (United Kingdom)

Maite Pagazaurtundua MEP (Spain)

Margaret Hodge MP (United Kingdom)

Martijn van Helvert MP (Netherlands)

Martin Hojsik MEP (Slovenia)

Martin Horwood MEP (United Kingdom)

Michal Šimečka MEP (Slovenia)

Nicolaus Fest MEP (Germany)

Niklas Nienaß MEP (Germany)

Olivier Chastel MEP (Belgium)

Petra de Sutter (Belgium)

Petras Auštrevičius MEP (Lithuania)

Radoslaw Sikorski MEP (Poland)

Ramona Strugariu MEP (Romania)

Rasa Jukneviciene MEP (Lithuania)

Sandra Kalniete MEP (Latvia)

Sergey Lagondinsky MEP (Germany)

Sheila Ritchie MEP (United Kingdom)

Sophie in 't Veld MEP (Netherlands)

Stephen Kinnock MP (United Kingdom)

Tom Brake MP (United Kingdom)

Urmas Paet MEP (Estonia)

原文链接

https://twitter.com/swsjoerdsma/status/1201061392050196481?s=21

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