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- 14 February 2011, 13:12
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Today in the city of Moscow it was held a meeting of the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Yury Chayka with the UN High Commissioner for human rights Navanethem Pillay.
Welcoming the guest, the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation noted that since 2005 from the time of the previous visit of the UN High Commissioner for human rights, the Russian Prosecutor's office has undergone considerable changes and has been seriously reformed.
Yury Chayka briefly told the guests about the activities of the bodies of the Prosecutor's office of Russia, about its main functions and powers as well as about the interactions with the public and human rights organizations. He particularly emphasized the human rights protection role of public prosecution outside the criminal law field, stressing that at present day only the Prosecutor's office can quickly and free of charge restore the violated rights and freedoms of the citizens which is especially important for socially unprotected category of population.
The General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation said that in 2010 prosecutors revealed more than 2.5 million of violations of rights and freedoms of citizens outside the criminal law field. In each case prosecutors have taken measures aimed to rehabilitation of the violated rights. On the initiative of public prosecutors about 154 thousand persons were brought to administrative responsibility for allowing of violation of the rights and freedoms of citizens. In the sphere of protection of only the labour rights of citizens, the Prosecutor's office sent to the courts about 580 thousand of applications for a total amount of more than 9 billion rubles out of which for the time being there have been satisfied 551 thousand applications for the amount of over 8.4 billion rubles.
Yury Chayka also mentioned about the issues connected with the investigation of crimes committed against journalists and human rights defenders. He noted that some foreign colleagues had false impressions that these crimes were not disclosed and that there was no work carried out regarding them. "It is a mistake", - stressed the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation. He reported that the level of disclosure of killings of human rights activists and journalists were not lower, and sometimes even above ordinary crimes. So, in the past year it was revealed the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova. The criminal case against the persons accused of committing of this crime is already in the court. “The work on disclosure of such crimes, identifying not only the performers, but also the organizers and accomplices is underway at the highest level” - said Yury Chayka.
During the meeting, the High Commissioner for human rights brought up the topic of observance of human rights in Russia which are held in places of deprivation of liberty. Answering this question, Yury Chayka said, that by the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev recently it was introduced a number of amendments to the criminal legislation aimed at its humanization. He informed Ms. Pillay that in 2010 the number of citizens who are in places of deprivation of liberty fell by nearly 45 thousand people. As on January 1st of 2011 in Russia in the places of deprivation of liberty there are 819 thousand people kept. The General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation expressed his confidence that this figure will decrease due to greater use of alternative measures of criminal punishments not connected with the deprivation of freedom.
Navanethem Pillay expressed satisfaction of the occurred successful dialogue and stressed that the main goal of her visit was to establish a more close cooperation in the sphere of protection of human rights.
Yury Chayka emphasized that the General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation is open for a dialogue and carrying on of joint work with foreign partners including in the framework of the United Nations.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
14 February 2011, 13:12
The meeting of the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Yury Chayka with the UN High Commissioner for human rights Navanethem Pillay has taken place
Today in the city of Moscow it was held a meeting of the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Yury Chayka with the UN High Commissioner for human rights Navanethem Pillay.
Welcoming the guest, the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation noted that since 2005 from the time of the previous visit of the UN High Commissioner for human rights, the Russian Prosecutor's office has undergone considerable changes and has been seriously reformed.
Yury Chayka briefly told the guests about the activities of the bodies of the Prosecutor's office of Russia, about its main functions and powers as well as about the interactions with the public and human rights organizations. He particularly emphasized the human rights protection role of public prosecution outside the criminal law field, stressing that at present day only the Prosecutor's office can quickly and free of charge restore the violated rights and freedoms of the citizens which is especially important for socially unprotected category of population.
The General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation said that in 2010 prosecutors revealed more than 2.5 million of violations of rights and freedoms of citizens outside the criminal law field. In each case prosecutors have taken measures aimed to rehabilitation of the violated rights. On the initiative of public prosecutors about 154 thousand persons were brought to administrative responsibility for allowing of violation of the rights and freedoms of citizens. In the sphere of protection of only the labour rights of citizens, the Prosecutor's office sent to the courts about 580 thousand of applications for a total amount of more than 9 billion rubles out of which for the time being there have been satisfied 551 thousand applications for the amount of over 8.4 billion rubles.
Yury Chayka also mentioned about the issues connected with the investigation of crimes committed against journalists and human rights defenders. He noted that some foreign colleagues had false impressions that these crimes were not disclosed and that there was no work carried out regarding them. "It is a mistake", - stressed the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation. He reported that the level of disclosure of killings of human rights activists and journalists were not lower, and sometimes even above ordinary crimes. So, in the past year it was revealed the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova. The criminal case against the persons accused of committing of this crime is already in the court. “The work on disclosure of such crimes, identifying not only the performers, but also the organizers and accomplices is underway at the highest level” - said Yury Chayka.
During the meeting, the High Commissioner for human rights brought up the topic of observance of human rights in Russia which are held in places of deprivation of liberty. Answering this question, Yury Chayka said, that by the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev recently it was introduced a number of amendments to the criminal legislation aimed at its humanization. He informed Ms. Pillay that in 2010 the number of citizens who are in places of deprivation of liberty fell by nearly 45 thousand people. As on January 1st of 2011 in Russia in the places of deprivation of liberty there are 819 thousand people kept. The General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation expressed his confidence that this figure will decrease due to greater use of alternative measures of criminal punishments not connected with the deprivation of freedom.
Navanethem Pillay expressed satisfaction of the occurred successful dialogue and stressed that the main goal of her visit was to establish a more close cooperation in the sphere of protection of human rights.
Yury Chayka emphasized that the General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation is open for a dialogue and carrying on of joint work with foreign partners including in the framework of the United Nations.
