Russia approves reforms to European Court of Human Rights

Lawmakers in Russia have ratified an international agreement to reform the European Court of Human Rights, January 2010. For years, Russia had been the only European nation to resist the reforms.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Press Release: IP/10/136: Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on the ratification of Protocol 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/135&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Deutsche Welle, 18.2.10: Strasbourg, the great white hope for human rights http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5261247,00.html

ESO: Background information: Reform of the European Court of Human Rights http://www.europeansources.info/record/reform-of-the-european-court-of-human-rights/

ESO: Background information: Merkel appeals to Russia on human rights http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-appeals-to-russia-on-human-rights/

BBC News, 15.1.10: Russia MPs back human rights reform http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8460934.stm

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