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The Government of Kosovo has approved the Draft Law on targeted sanctions against foreign violators of human rights, which aims to advance international sanctions, or as it is otherwise known, the Magnitsky Act.
Kosovo adopted the Magnitsky Act in 2020, becoming the first country in the region to adopt such legislation.
At the Government meeting held on July 20, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said that this draft law supports democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights in accordance with the principles of international law.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice, Albulena Haxhiu, clarified some of the most important issues of this draft law and added that with this legislation, the state aligns itself with democratic states that have similar legislation in force.
“Some of the most important issues addressed by the Draft Law on targeted sanctions against foreign human rights violators are as follows: Defining the criteria and procedure for the imposition and removal of targeted sanctions against foreign human rights violators and foreign perpetrators of serious acts of corruption; the types of targeted sanctions imposed on foreign violators of human rights and foreign perpetrators of serious acts of corruption have been established; the legal remedy and procedural rights for the targeted person are provided; the punitive provisions have been defined for subjects who do not act in accordance with the obligations defined by this law”, said Haxhiu.
The Global Accountability for Human Rights Act, known as the Magnitsky Act, includes the sanctions of governments against foreign individuals who have committed human rights violations or are involved in corruption. This legislation derives from the Magnitsky Act, which was originally passed in 2012 in the United States, following the execution of Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 in Russia.
Since then, many Western countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union, have passed similar legislation.
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