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Strasbourg court will no longer consider individual complaints against Russia

From Rzeczpospolita · () Polish

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  • The European Court of Human Rights said it will not examine 879 pending individual complaints concerning alleged rights violations in Russia.
  • The court said it had already issued enough judgments on the matters covered, but stressed that the decision does not exempt Russia from international human rights responsibility.
  • Cases concerning Russia’s wars in Ukraine and Georgia will continue to be considered.

The European Court of Human Rights has announced that it will stop examining individual complaints about rights violations in Russia, leaving 879 cases without review.

enough judgments

· European Court of Human RightsThe court cited its existing body of rulings when explaining why it would stop examining the 879 complaints.

The complaints cover the treatment of opposition politicians and democracy activists, repressive legislation, restrictions on freedom of expression including online speech, prison conditions, immigration, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly and the protection of private data. The court said it had already issued “enough judgments” in these areas.

Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe in 2022 after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Strasbourg court continued issuing judgments on cases dating from before that expulsion. Moscow rejects all European Court of Human Rights judgments and refuses to pay the penalties ordered by the court.

definitive

· European Court of Human RightsThe court used this term to characterize its decision to end consideration of the complaints.

The court described its decision to stop examining the complaints as “definitive,” while warning that it must not be interpreted as releasing Russia from international responsibility for human rights. It also said that complaints concerning Russia’s wars in Ukraine and Georgia would continue to be heard.

release Russia from international responsibility

· European Court of Human RightsThe court stressed that ending the complaints would not absolve Russia of responsibility for human rights.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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