Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Cites Failings of Judiciary

In his annual report to the President, Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin noted that a common theme of citizens' complaints to his office is that judges base their decisions on "everything but their conscience." Regarding the subject matter of complaints, Lukin reported that about half concern rights to salaries and pensions and the rights of prisoners and military draftees. There have been fewer complaints about unemployment and more about freedom of conscience than in the past, while only approximately 2% concern political rights, Lukin further reported.

http://www.clj.ru/news/65392.html

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