Lubinets: The exit of Russia from the Convention against Torture confirms that torture is part of the Kremlin’s state policy

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The Human Rights Commissioner Dmitry Lubinets called Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention to torture a step confirming that torture is an element of the Kremlin’s state policy.

Source: Lubinets Telegram

Straight language: “This decision is not just a formality in the legal plane, but a demonstrative step that takes the last” masks “and confirms that torture is an element of the Kremlin’s state policy.

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The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture not only prohibits cruel and inhuman treatment, but also provides for control mechanisms. For this purpose, the European Committee on Prevention of Torture, which is entitled to monitoring in places of freedom, operates under the Council of Europe. Despite the fact that Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe in March 2022, it formally remained a participant in the Convention, which gave legal grounds for international pressure. Now this opportunity is lost. “

Details: He added that denunciation means that the Kremlin deliberately avoids international control and deprives the world of response levers to the facts of torture in the prisons of the Russian Federation and in temporarily occupied territories.

“In response, the world should use those tools that remain valid.

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On September 29, the Russian ruler Vladimir Putin signed a law on denunciation of the European Convention to prevent torture and inhuman or degrading dignity or punishment.

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