On Friday 16 September, 6 months after its exclusion from the Council of Europe on 16 March, the Russian Federation ceased to be a High Contracting Party to the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Court continues to have jurisdiction over all pending applications concerning Russia (18,000 or 22.9% of a total of 78,500) as well as over future complaints against Russia concerning events occurring before 16 September.
However, last June, Russian deputies passed a law allowing Moscow to...