Russia: ECtHR Decision to Strike Out More than 800 Complaints Denies Victims Truth, Justice and Reparation and Should Be Reversed
Amnesty International said the move denies hundreds of applicants a final chance at justice and came despite potentially well-founded rights claims.
- On Thursday, the European Court announced its decision to strike 879 applications against Russia from its list, acknowledging they contained potentially well-founded allegations of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.
- Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022 following its war against Ukraine, ceasing to be a party to the Convention on 16 September 2022, though the Court retains jurisdiction over prior violations.
- These applications concerned fair-trial rights, freedom of expression, and detention conditions, including cases brought by human rights defender Oyub Titiev, activist Andrei Borovikov, politician Lev Shlosberg, and the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.
- Marie Struthers, Amnesty International's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, called the decision "deeply disappointing," arguing it deprives individuals of their last hope for justice despite the Court's resource constraints.
- Council of Europe member states must ensure the Court has necessary resources and exhaust all means to hold Russia accountable for Convention violations and ensure victim compensation is fulfilled.
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The ECHR Has Abandoned Russians Who Are Victims of Their Own Government
On September 3, the European Court of Human Rights adopted a decision that is unprecedented in the history of international justice as a whole: it struck out 879 remaining applications for cases against Russia, whose applicants included more than 1,500 people and organisations in total.
Russia: ECtHR decision to strike out more than 800 complaints denies victims truth, justice and reparation and should be reversed
Reacting to the decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to strike 879 applications against Russia from its list of cases on grounds of their lesser importance to case law and a lack of resources for their examination, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The European Court of […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected the remaining complaints by Russians concerning violations that occurred before 16 September 2022, with a total of 879 applications on this list, with the exception of cases involving armed conflicts involving Russia.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has stopped considering 879 claims filed by Russians before Russia withdrew from the court's jurisdiction
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has stopped considering 879 claims filed by Russians before Russia withdrew from the court's jurisdiction.Citizens tried to appeal against various violations by Russian courts and government officials. The...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) removed from the list of cases 879 individual complaints against Russia, which remained ...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on Thursday that it would stop examining the cases of persons who report violations of their rights in Russia, the Strasbourg court explaining that "there has already been enough comment on this subject, reports AFP. A total of 879 individual applications are thus abandoned.
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