Crime Against Humanity in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation

Abstract

On March 30, 1998 Russia ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. On March 3, 1987 – the UN Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. On September 18, 1973 – the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. On May 5, 1998 – the European Convention for the Protection of an Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. However, from 2016 to the present, on the territory of Russia in the Chechen Republic, terrible inhuman things are being found - torture and murder of people because they belong to the LGBT community. The Chechen Republic is part of Russia. It is horrifying that Russia ignores the open violation of human rights in Chechnya, and the violation of human rights is carried out by law enforcement officers of the Chechen Republic. Refusing to initiate criminal proceedings on massive violation of human rights in the Chechen Republic, thus contributing to torture, violence and inhuman treatment of Russian citizens based on of their sexual orientation, Russia crudely violates Item 1 of Article 2, Articles 12-15 of the UN Convention on the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment , Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms , as well as the provisions of domestic legislation. What can the world community do to stop the massacre of LGBT representatives in Chechnya? How to react to it? Protection of human rights is often closely intertwined with maintenance of peace and security. These two concepts are indivisible. It is becoming increasingly clear that violation and infringement of human rights are not only concomitant consequences of a conflict, but also its triggering mechanism. If state authorities start to systematically violate human rights this becomes a warning, an alarming signal and one of the most obvious indicators that such violations may be followed by instability and violence threatening to spread over to other countries. It is not surprising that the most totalitarian world regimes are also the most flagrant violators of human rights.