Russia faces stern rebuke over judicial standards

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Series Details 1.10.04
Publication Date 01/10/2004
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Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, special rapporteur for the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe (an inter-governmental human rights organisation), says the prosecution of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has demonstrated that Russia is not able to meet its international commitments to operate an independent judicial system.

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