Survey of Human Rights Materials - December 2000One of our major focus areas is monitoring of violations of human rights. This page contains a list of major documents and reports published in the month of December describing the human rights violations and suffering of people in the war-torn republic.
December 5, Human Rights Watch
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - WORLD REPORT 2001
Human Rights Watch published their annual world report which reviews human rights practices in seventy countries and describes events from November 1999 through October 2000. In the section devoted to the Russian Federation the report summarizes the main events related to the conflict in Chechnya.
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SECTION OF THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE HERE
December 18, Memorial
ADDRESS GIVEN BY OLEG ORLOV, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HRC ‘MEMORIAL’ AT THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OF EUROPE
On December 18, the Committee for Legal Affairs and Human Rights Council of Europe on its meeting in Paris heard a report by its rapporteur on the conflict in Chechnya, Rudolf Bindig. The human rights centre “Memorial” representative Oleg Orlov addressed the Committee to provide evidence on the latest developments in Chechnya and the lack of communication and activity of the Russian authorities. The HRC Memorial report states that civilian population is constantly subjected to grenade and artillery attacks, ungrounded detention and looting, people disappear, are tortured and murdered.
THE ADDRESS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE
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