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Russia is withdrawing from the European Convention against Torture 08/26/2025 11:19:57. Total views 547. Views today — 20.


"The government of the Russian Federation decrees to approve and submit (to putin – OstroV) for introduction to the State Duma… a proposal on the denunciation by the Russian Federation of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment", - the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of russia states.

The Convention provided for free access for Western observers to visit police departments, psychiatric hospitals, pre-trial detention centers, prisons, and colonies in russia for inspections. With the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, russia renounced its obligations, ceased to be a party to the European Convention on Human Rights, and withdrew from the jurisdiction of the ECHR.