Newly introduced Magnitsky laws that give the federal government the power to sanction overseas human rights violators will be powerful, effective, and quick, according to a diplomacy expert. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor at Curtin University who teaches the history of international diplomacy, says Australia’s new laws have “teeth” and will be a deterrent against future human rights violations. “It can identify somebody, it can freeze their assets in Melbourne or Sydney,” he told The Epoch Times. “When you take people’s money and take the houses, they bought overseas including apartments and cars, and you extend it to the family or extended family—because you know they’re channelling the money to the kids—that’s a big deal because it’s telling people you can’t get away with it.” “It can really hurt people who hurt people,” he said. The comments from Siracusa come after Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching introduced the International Human Rights and …