ECtHR's decision on case of Caucasian natives disappeared in Chechnya in 2001-2005 comes into force

On January 16, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized violation of the human rights in the case of disappearance of five residents of Northern Caucasus in 2001-2004 and obliged Russia to pay more than 300,000 euros of compensation to the complainants. This decision has finally come into force, the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR announces.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 24, 2013, the ECtHR recognized that the Russian authorities violated the rights of the residents of Chechnya in the case on the disappearance and death of their relatives in 2001-2004 and obliged Russian authorities to pay to the complainants 20,000 euros of compensation for material damage, 280,000 euros of compensation for moral damage and 10,000 euros of litigation costs.

The Russian side insisted on the transfer of the case for reconsideration of the decision to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR; however, the Strasbourg European Court refused to reconsider it and upheld the decision, the "RAPSI" (Russian Agency of Legal and Judicial Information) reports.

The document states that the Russian side defended the position, according to which the investigation did not clearly prove the involvement of Russian officials in the alleged violation of human rights.

"This is by no means proved by the fact that the attackers wore camouflage and carried forged IDs," the "RAPSI" quotes the Russian side as stating. However, those arguments have failed to affect the ECtHR's decision.