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Titolo: [AI] Russian Federation: European Court of Human Rights rulings on six cases from the Chechen Republic

Un'altra notizia di cui esser (relativamente) contenti, oltre quella già 
postata da Giano sulla Corte americana USA che ha "bloccato" l'esecuzione a 
morte dei minori, è quella che riguarda la Corte Europea dei Diritti 
dell'Uomo che ha preso posizione sulla questione cecena, condannando la 
Russia per violazioni dei diritti umani in Cecenia.
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http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460062005
Russian Federation: European Court of Human Rights rulings on six cases from
the Chechen Republic
Amnesty International welcomes the judgements of the European Court of Human
Rights released today on six cases from the Chechen Republic. The Court
ruled that the Russian Federation had violated the fundamental right to life
of the civilians in these cases during the armed conflict in Chechnya.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that there had been violations of
the right to life and the prohibition of torture as well as the right to an
effective remedy and the peaceful enjoyment of possessions (Articles 2, 3
and 13 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and Article 1 of Protocol 1 to the ECHR).
In the cases of Khashiyev v. Russia and Akayeva v. Russia, the European
Court ruled that the deaths of the relatives of the applicants who had been
killed by servicemen were attributable to the State, amounting to a
violation of the right to life (Article 2). In the judgement concerning the
cases of Isayeva v. Russia, Yusupova v. Russia, Bazayeva v. Russia and in
the separate judgment concerning a sixth case, Isayeva v. Russia, the
European Court found that the Russian authorities had failed to protect the
right to life of the applicants and their relatives, in the planning and
execution of military operations. The Court awarded financial compensation
to the applicants in all six cases.
"The European Court ruled in all six cases that the failure of the Russian
authorities to carry out effective investigations into the incidents
amounted to a violation of the right to life and to an effective remedy
(Article 13). This shows Russia's consistent failure not only to protect
human rights in the course of the armed conflict, but also to ensure justice
for victims of human rights through effective investigations and
prosecutions of those responsible, " Amnesty International said.
"These judgements are a significant step to end impunity against human
rights violations in Chechnya because they recognize that serious human
rights violations have taken place and that the Russian Federation bears the
responsibility."
Many people who have submitted cases to the European Court of Human Rights,
including those whose cases have been decided now in Strasbourg, have been
subjected to reprisals. Some have been intimidated, some have been
repeatedly harassed by law enforcement officials and some have been killed
or "disappeared". Despite a serious risk for their own safety and for the
safety of their families, relatives of those who were tortured and
ill-treated or "disappeared", or whose possessions were destroyed in
indiscriminate attacks on civilians, refuse to allow themselves to be
silenced and continue to demand justice.
Amnesty International calls on the government of the Russian Federation:
    a.. to implement the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights
without delay;
    b.. to take immediate steps to end further human rights violations in
the context of the armed conflict in Chechnya;
    c.. to investigate all allegations of human rights violations and bring
those responsible to justice in a court of law;
    d.. to take effective measures to prevent any further reprisals against
any person who seeks a remedy before the European Court of Human Rights;
    e.. to ensure that all allegations of such reprisals are investigated
promptly, thoroughly and independently and that all persons responsible for
such crimes are brought to justice in a court of law.
Background
Throughout the ongoing armed conflict in Chechnya, Amnesty International has
called on the Russian federal and Chechen authorities to bring to justice in
a court of law those who have committed serious human rights violations,
including extrajudicial executions, "disappearances", torture, including
rape, ill-treatment in detention and indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
The six cases, brought by the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre in
partnership with the Memorial Human Rights Centre, concern:
    a.. the aerial bombing by the Russian federal forces of a civilian
convoy of refugees fleeing Grozny in October 1999 (Isayeva v. Russia (no.
57947/00), Yusupova v. Russia (no. 57948/00) and Bazayeva v. Russia (no.
57949/00)); the case involved the killing of the firs applicant's two
children and daughter-in-law;
    b.. the "disappearance" and subsequent discovery of the dead bodies of
five individuals in Grozny in January 2000, showing signs of torture and
ill-treatment (Khashiyev v. Russia (no. 57942/00) and Akayeva v. Russia (no.
57945/00));
    c.. the aerial and artillery bombing of the village of Katyr-Yurt on 4
February 2000, resulting in the killing of the applicant's son and three
nieces (Isayeva v Russia (no. 57950/00)).
The full judgments are available at 
www.coe.int
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Public Document
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For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in
London, UK, on 
+44 20 7413 5566
Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW. web:
http://www.amnesty.org

 postata da Giano sulla Corte americana USA che ha "bloccato"
Ok, lo so che è impreciso come termine...volevo dire che lo ha dichiarato 
non proprio legale.