Finanční sankce ukládané vůči vlastním státním občanům

The latest practice of states and international organizations in the imposition of financial sanctions raises a question, whether these sanctions can be imposed against own nationals. The imposition of such sanction could be prevented by the citizenship as a bond between the state and the citizen, as well as by the right to property and its protection that is guaranteed to every citizen. This issue is becoming more and more current due to the growing number of terrorist attacks that have been committed in the recent years. Financial sanctions serve as a very appropriate coercive measure that allows to freeze funds of terrorists and prevent them from committing further attacks. In my thesis I compare the current practice of states and international organizations in imposing financial sanctions against their own nationals. After comparing individual decisions when imposing sanctions, I found out that citizenship or right to property do not prevent the imposition of financial sanctions against own nationals. Citizenship is not mentioned in any of these decisions and, regarding the right to property, in Kadi case the CJEU ruled that financial sanctions in the form of asset freeze constitute an acceptable exemption from the right to respect for property.