Reported cases of political prisoners in the Russian Federation

Recommendation 2236 (2022)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 21 June 2022 (20th sitting) (see Doc. 15545, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Ms Thórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir). Text adopted by the Assembly on 21 June 2022 (20th sitting).

1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution 2446 (2022) “Reported cases of political prisoners in the Russian Federation”.

2. The Assembly encourages the Committee of Ministers to continue to supervise the execution of judgments against the Russian Federation concerning persons who are still detained as a consequence of violations of their right to freedom of expression, freedom of association or freedom of assembly, or who otherwise fall under the definition of “political prisoner” set out in Resolution 1900 (2012).

3. The Assembly invites the Committee of Ministers to use all the tools at its disposal, including those under Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5), to ensure full and prompt execution of the cases Navalnyy and Ofitserov v. Russia, Navalnyye v. Russia and Pichugin v. Russia, in particular the immediate release of the applicants concerned.

4. The Assembly invites the Committee of Ministers to facilitate the implementation of the resolution by asking member States of the Council of Europe to ensure the composition, publication and communication on a semi-annual basis of the lists of Russian police officers, prosecutors, judges, prison officials and other officials contributing to the unlawful and arbitrary deprivation of liberty of political prisoners and their ill-treatment in detention.