Kozyrev: Kiev may depart from the protection of human rights under the Convention
Ukraine may derogate from their obligations to comply with the provisions of the European agreement on human rights, because the Convention itself contains the appropriate publication, said Fins news the head of Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union on human rights Nikolai Kozyrev.
"Yes, it is in principle legitimate in the context of the Convention itself. We made a commitment before the Council of Europe does not violate the Convention. And the Convention itself is the 15th article, which provides for a derogation from compliance with obligations, but in some emergency situations. In this case, party a party to the Convention may take appropriate measures, which enable it to retreat from its commitments, " said Kozyrev.
The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday adopted in connection with the holding power of the special operation in Donbass a message about the possibility of Ukrainian country to retreat from a number of international obligations to protect human rights.
Another opposition leader, the head of the organization " International League for the protection of the rights of citizens of Ukraine Eduard Bagirov explained Last news that the message of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on refusal to comply with international obligations on human rights has no legal use, since it legally weaker international agreements that were ratified before Parliament. He also clarified that the procedure for derogation provides for the notification of the relevant decision of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. According to him, the proper message is obliged to prepare the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat citizens of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.
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