Russia renounces the Convention to prevent torture. What did you ask a little to the state of the state

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Monday to the State Dum (the lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament) to denounce the European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatments or treatments.

Putin has submitted a draft law in this regard that also proposes the denunciation of the two protocols attached to the European Convention adopted in 1987, the lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament announced.

At the end of August, Russian Prime Minister Mihail Mihail Mămustin proposed to the Kremlin leader to denounce that document, which Russia ratified in 1996, when he became a member of the Council of Europe, reports EFE and Agerpres.

Russia claims that it does not make sense to remain a signatory of this convention, since Moscow is not represented in the Actorure Committee within the Council of Europe.

The country was excluded from the Council of Europe in March 2022, a few weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine.

According to activists, Russia will no longer be obliged to allow international inspectors access to its penitentiary system, inspections that, in reality, have ceased to take place since 2022.

The Russian army was accused of Ukraine and international organizations of torture prisoners of war and civilians in occupied territories, an accusation that Moscow has also brought to Kiev.

For years, Russia, who has been repeatedly accused of dismissing abuses and torture in his prisons, does not respect the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, notes EFE.