“Laws mean nothing to us!”
Russia has that sort of an attitude in almost everything they do. ‘We can invade countries when we want to’. ‘We can abuse human rights when we want to’. ‘Murder? Murder? We murder whoever we want. Political assassinations are passè’ ‘We are accountable to no one! We make our own laws.’
Now Russia has codified that mindset in law, and the world quietly observes.
This makes me wonder if Russia will ever sit at the ‘grown-up table’. Putin is 63 years old but acts like a 12 year old.
Dear Russia. Nobody respects you because you refuse to act like adults.
No outsiders shall judge Russia’s actions.
12/15/2015 02:59 am ET
MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia’s Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts.
The law, published on Tuesday on the government website, enables the Russian court to overturn decisions of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) if it deems them unconstitutional.
Human Rights Watch has said the law is designed to thwart the ability of victims of human rights violations in Russia to find justice through international bodies.
The law comes after the ECHR ruled in 2014 that Russia must pay a 1.9 billion euro ($2.09 billion) award to shareholders of the defunct Yukos oil company, a verdict that added to financial pressure on Moscow as it struggles with shrinking revenues due to tumbling oil prices and Western sanctions.
The ECHR said it had received 218 complaints against Russia in 2014 and that it had found 122 cases in which Moscow had violated the European Convention on Human Rights, including the deportation of Georgian citizens in 2006 and the incarceration of defendants in metal cages during Russian court hearings.
Russia’s parliament approved the new bill last week and Putin signed it into law on Monday.
Valery Zorkin, the head of Russian Constitutional Court, told Putin on Monday that Russia was in favor of “dialog” in case there was a problem.
“I don’t see any problem there, I think that people are worrying for nothing,” Zorkin said.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-human-rights-law_566fc6bbe4b011b83a6c7040
Confirmation:
- Vladimir Putin signs law allowing Russia to ignore international human rights rulings
- Putin signs law allowing Russia to overturn international human rights court rulings
- Putin signs law allowing Russia to overturn rulings of international rights courts
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