Czechia preparing its own version of US Magnitsky Act

Czechia will soon have its own version of the US Magnitsky Act, which would allow the country to impose national sanctions for serious violations of international law on individuals and legal entities who are not on the EU sanctions list. The state could, for example, bar them entry to this country or freeze their assets. Under the proposed law, which is now in the Senate, Czechia will be able to impose sanctions against individuals in the interest of national security, protection of fundamental human rights and combatting terrorism. The bill should also create a legal basis for the inclusion of entities on the EU sanctions list at the initiative of Czechia. Among the first to go on the list will be Russians and Belarusians aiding the Putin regime in the war on Ukraine.