The Russian Federation has finally left the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, where it has been since 1998.
The decision for the Russian side was forced and was made after the Russian Federation’s membership in the Council of Europe was terminated, which was announced on March 15.
On September 16, the Russian Federation finally and officially ceased to be a contracting party to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Kommersant reports.
Consequences of leaving
The Russian authorities made a corresponding decision on the day of termination of the Russian Federation’s membership in the Council of Europe – March 15.
Now the court will no longer be able to consider complaints filed against Russia after September 16.
According to the source, the first ruling against the Russian Federation was issued in 2002.
Then, by a court decision, it was decided to pay compensation for damage to health in the amount of 3 thousand euros to the liquidator of the Chernobyl accident, Anatoly Burdov.
In total, the court issued 3,116 decisions against the Russian Federation.
According to experts, every eighth ruling of the ECHR was made against Russia.
It is also reported that on the last day of Russia’s membership under the jurisdiction of the court, 50 decisions were immediately issued on complaints from Russians.
There are still 17,450 filed complaints awaiting review.
It is known that the court will control the decisions made.
