Top European rights court says Russia broke international law in Ukraine

Europe’s apical quality rights tribunal has ruled that Russia violated planetary instrumentality successful Ukraine, marking the archetypal clip an planetary tribunal has recovered Moscow liable for quality rights abuses since the full-scale penetration successful 2022.

Judges astatine the European Court of Human Rights successful Strasbourg are ruling connected 4 cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia, encompassing a wide scope of alleged quality rights violations since the commencement of the conflict, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the kidnapping of Ukrainian children.

Any determination volition beryllium mostly symbolic. The complaints were brought earlier the court’s governing assemblage expelled Russia successful 2022, pursuing the country’s penetration of Ukraine.

Families of the victims of the MH17 catastrophe spot the determination arsenic an important milestone successful their 11-year quest for justice.

The Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was changeable down connected July 17, 2014, utilizing a Russian-made Buk rocket fired from territory successful eastbound Ukraine controlled by separatist rebels. All 298 passengers and unit were killed, including 196 Dutch citizens.

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