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January 8, 2009. The European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter ECtHR) today unanimously condemned Russia for grave human rights violations in six cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said. The cases concern the enforced disappearance of six men and the extra-judicial execution of thirteen men between March 2002 and October 2002 in different locations in Chechnya. Read more...

December 25, 2008. For the Southern Caucasus Justice Project Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) and Russian Justice Initiative (RJI) seek Read more...

December 18, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for the enforced disappearance of a young man in Chechnya in February 2003, Russian Justice Initiative said. Read more...

December 4, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg today condemned Russia for human rights abuses in Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. In five cases the Court held Russia responsible for the enforced disappearance of five men between May 2001 and November 2002 in different locations in Chechnya. One case each concerned the indiscriminate shelling of Grozny in January 2000 and the extra-judicial killing of a man in September 2003. In the eighth case the Court faulted Russia for the ineffective investigation into the disappearance of a trainee police officer in February 2003. Read more...

December 2, 2008. On 4 December 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will rule on six cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. The cases concern the disappearances of 6 men between May 2001 and February 2003 in different location in Chechnya. Read more...

November 14, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for the killing of two civilians near the village of Komsomolskoye, Chechnya, in October 2001, Russian Justice Initiative said. Read more...

November 6, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for enforced disappearances in three cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said. The cases concern the disappearance of five men between November 2002 and April 2003 in different locations in Chechnya. Read more...

October 23, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for the enforced disappearance and killing of three men, whose bodies were subsequently discovered in a mass grave close to Khankala – the main Russian military base in Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. Read more...

October 9, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for a violation of the right to life in three cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. Two cases concern the disappearance of four men in Chechnya in October 2000 and January 2001. Read more...

October 2, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for enforced disappearances in one case from Ingushetia and two cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. The cases concern the disappearances of five persons in different locations in Chechnya and Ingushetia between 2000 and 2002. Today's judgment in the case of Khalidova is the first disappearance case from Ingushetia being decided by the European Court of Human Rights. Read more...

September 18, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today announced its 10,000th judgment, Takhayeva and Others v. Russia (no. 23286/04), which unanimously condemned Russia for the enforced disappearance of a twenty-year-old man in Chechnya in November 2002, Russian Justice Initiative said today. Read more...

July 3, 2008. The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for enforced disappearances in three cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. The cases concern the disappearances of four men in different locations in Chechnya between 2000 and 2002. Read more...