US EditionRussia withdraws from European anti-torture convention
- In 2025, Russia’s State Duma approved legislation to end the country’s participation in the Council of Europe’s treaty aimed at preventing torture.
- The withdrawal occurred after the Council of Europe declined to approve a Russian representative on the committee responsible for monitoring torture prevention, effectively excluding Moscow from involvement since 2023.
- The convention, adopted in 1987 and ratified by Russia in 1998, granted the Committee rights to inspect prisons and communicate with inmates to prevent torture.
- Alexander Zhukov said, "The withdrawal will not weaken Russia's legal guarantees against torture," while activists report torture remains widespread and the treaty ineffective.
- Russia’s withdrawal means ending international prison inspections and inmate complaint rights, marking a symbolic step away from international human rights norms.
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Russia has left the European Anti-Torture Convention.
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Russia withdraws from European anti-torture convention
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Sep 29) signed a law pulling Russia out of a European anti-torture convention, continuing Moscow’s withdrawal from Western institutions since the start of its war in Ukraine.Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe in March 2022 but had technically remained
Civil rights activists and released prisoners of war complain of torture and ill-treatment in Russian prisons. The Council of Europe's anti-torture body has, at least theoretically, been able to control the circumstances.
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Investigations by NGOs and independent media claim that many Ukrainian prisoners are subjected to torture in Russian prisons.
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