PoliticsRussia not abandoning international obligations to prevent torture, MFA says
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia’s withdrawal from the 1987 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture does not mean it is dropping its international obligations. She said related commitments are also set out in the 1984 Convention against Torture and the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The European convention stopped applying to Russia on November 1.
T
TASS★★★☆☆2026-11-03 16:37Original
Russia not abandoning international obligations to prevent torture, MFA says