Putin introduced the law on denunciation of the European Convention on Torture to the State Duma

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma a bill on denunciation (withdrawal) of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Information about this follows from the database of the State Duma.

"To denounce the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of November 26, 1987 and Protocols No. 1 and No. 2 of November 4, 1993 thereto, signed on behalf of the Russian Federation in Strasbourg on February 28, 1996," the draft law says.

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