Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking in the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers to ensure that Russia implements the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights on Chechnya; and how many of those rulings remain unimplemented.

The UK intervenes in every debate on the Chechnya cases in the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. In conjunction with other Member States, we have submitted written questions on specific actions Russia has taken to implement judgements on Chechnya. We have raised the cases bilaterally with the Russian delegation in Strasbourg, pressing for full implementation. We are also regularly briefed on the Chechnya cases by human rights non-governmental organisations in Strasbourg, London and Moscow. We will continue to use the Committee of Ministers as a key forum for encouraging Russia to fully implement key judgements relating to the North Caucasus – a vital step to ending the climate of impunity in the region. The Council of Europe’s website holds further information on the status of Russia’s implementation of European Court of Human Rights judgements on Chechnya, together with details of all actions taken by the Committee of Ministers in their supervision of these judgements.