After several days of intense consultations with the European Court of Human Rights, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ruled on Wednesday morning 23 March that “following its expulsion from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022, the Russian Federation will cease to be a High Contracting Party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 September 2022”.
The examination of approximately 17,000 pending Russian cases, which were suspended by the Court on 16 March,...