Measure of the Russian government expands removal from the country of power of the West; UN Criticizing
Russian President Vladimir Putin (independent) signed on Monday (29.Set.2029) a law that removes Russia from the European Convention for the prevention of torture. The text had already been approved by Parliament.
The measure occurs amid tension with European countries and demonstrates the Russian detachment initiative of Western institutions after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
In the month following the invasion, Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe, the maintenance organization of the continent, but remained part of its treaty, which allows the inspection of arrest conditions in signatory countries by external observers.
Vyacheslav Volodin, the President of DUMA, Baixa Chamber of the Russian Parliament, justified the bill saying that Russia has been blocked in the convention. “We do not have the opportunity to fully participate in the work of this monitoring mechanism, and all requests for representation in the European Convention are ignored”, .
Em On September 2, two special UN (United Nations) special officials criticized the then Russian announcement to withdraw from the treaty. “Russia’s decision raises alerts about what is happening behind bars”.
On Thursday (25.Set), a report published by (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) pointed to “widespread and systematic violations”In the treatment given to Ukrainian prisoners by Russia.
