Chechnya
July 2011 - Prof. Philip Leach is interviewed by Irina Lagunina from Radio Liberty, discussing human rights violations from the North Caucuses and the role of the European Court. Transcript available in English and Russian.
Interview with Radio Liberty
Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) report on Chechnya fact-finding mission (15-19 February 2010)
Following the PHRG Mission to Chechnya from 15 to 19 February, this report sets out the findings of the PHRG delegates, Lord Frank Judd, Labour Peer and former Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Special Envoy on Chechnya 1999-2003, and Jo Swinson MP, Liberal Democrat and former Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, on the current human rights situation in Chechnya under the Presidency of Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as their recommendations for action by the international community.
PHRG Chechnya mission report
Quelles sont les réparations adéquates dans les affaires de ‘disparitions’? Leçons issues des affaires sur la Tchétchénie
By Prof. Philip Leach (in French). This article was first published in E. Lambert Abdelgawad & K Martin-Chenut (eds), Réparer les violations graves et massives des droits de l’homme : La Cour InterAméricaine, pionnière et modèle ? Collection de L’UMR De Droit Comparé de Paris (Université de Paris1/CNRS UMR 8103), volume 20, Société de Législation Comparée, Paris, 2010
Reparation disparitions affaires tchetchenes
The Chechen Conflict: Analysing the Oversight of the European Court of Human Rights
This material was first published by Sweet & Maxwell in European Human Rights Law Review, Issue 6 [2008] and is reproduced by agreement with the Publishers.
For more than 10 years, the Russian Federation has been subject to the obligations of the European Convention on Human Rights, but the first decisions of the European Court of Human Rights relating to the second conflict in Chechnya (which began in 1999), were not published until 2005. Only now has a sufficient body of case law been produced by the Court to enable us to decipher its judicial perspective on the condition of human rights in that region. This article considers the European Court’s contribution to the international oversight of Chechnya, by examining its case law, and drawing conclusions as to the implications of its findings.
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Law in Times of War: The Case of Chechnya
[2008] By Federico Sperotto, Global Jurist, Vol. 8: Iss. 2 (Topics), Article 5
This study provides some insights on the jurisprudence of the European Court on Human Rights in order to ascertain the adequacy of the mechanism of protection provided by the European Convention of 1950 in situations of armed conflict.
This article can be accessed for free as a guest from: http://www.bepress.com/gj/vol8/iss2/art5
Opening the Pathway to Justice, Isa Gandarov, EHRAC-Memorial project lawyer, August 2007
Isa Gandarov comments on the judgment in the case of Musayev and Others v Russia.
The long road to justice, James Meek, G2, The Guardian, 12th June 2006.
James Meek examines what taking Chechen cases to the European Court of Human Rights involves, and discovers how, to many Chechens, this process has come to be viewed as their last chance for justice.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/chechnya/Story/0,,1795410,00.html
A human rights law of internal armed conflict: the European court of human rights in Chechnya By William Abresch, CHRGJ working paper No. 4 2005, subsequently published in the European Journal of International Law
Reconciling human rights law and humanitarian law in cases of internal armed conflict in Chechnya: While 'human rights in armed conflict' generally falls under humanitarian law, the European Court has applied human rights law to instances of internal armed conflict, such as in Chechnya. This decision is a contentious one, but may prove more successful given the limits of humanitarian law with regard to these cases.
Chechnya Justice
By Bill Bowring. This article first appeared in Counsel, Dec 2005
Bill Bowring describes the team from EHRAC that represented the first Chechen applicants in the European Court of Human Rights. He also summarizes the cases involving the bombing of a refugee column (Isayeva, Yusupova, and Bazayeva), a massacre in a residential district of Grozny (Khashiyev and Akayeva) and an assault on a Chechen village (Isayeva).
Human Rights and the War in Chechnya: A Test for Europe
By Chris Stephen. This article first appeared on the Crimes of War website (www.crimesofwar.org/) on December 2, 2005.
"Earlier this year, the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Russia in three cases from the conflict in Chechnya, and dozens more are currently under consideration." Chris Stephens gives details of alleged bombings and massacres, and tells what happens when Chechens seek justice from Russian courts.
Russians' appeals to court bring intimidation, death.
Peter Finn. This article first appeared in the Washington Post, 11 July 2005.
"Russians who appeal to the European Court of Human Rights after their relatives disappear or are killed in Chechnya or neighbouring Ingushetia face constant threats to force them to drop the cases."
Press coverage of the first Chechen case judgments
A non-exhaustive, international list of press links and online coverage that EHRAC received on the decisions against Russia regarding its serious human rights violations committed during offensives in Chechnya, 1999 — 2000
Press coverage of the first Chechen case hearings
On 14th October 2004 the European Court decided to hold hearings in Strasbourg on the merits in six of EHRAC's cases. This list highlights some of the online press coverage available.
Europe turns spotlight on human rights in Chechnya
By Philip Leach. Times Law, The Times, January 28, 2003.
The Russians are under increasing scrutiny as human rights abuses in Chechnya are making the headlines once again.
