The President of the European Court of Human Rights, Shiofra O'Leary, promises that the Court is preparing to apply new rules for consideration of interstate complaints against Russia under new conditions.
She announced this at the annual reporting conference, answering a question from a correspondent of "European Truth".
O'Leary, in particular, reported that already in 2023, the Court held a meeting at which it prepared changes to the rules for considering interstate complaints, and primarily the complaint that Ukraine filed after the start of a full-scale invasion. "For us, interstate cases are an absolute priority," she explained.
The judge recognized that Russia is not currently responding to letters from Strasbourg and is not providing the Court with its position, which requires the Court to change its approach.
In addition, the ECtHR intends to complete consideration of individual applications against Russia. The Russian Federation is still in second place in terms of the number of complaints submitted to the ECtHR. "The Court will continue to consider the accumulated 16,000 complaints against Russia regarding the period when the Russian Federation was a member of the Council of Europe. Russia is responsible for violating the Convention during that period," explained the President of the Court.
"The state's refusal to cooperate with the court does not stop the proceedings. That's why we decided to send a request for cooperation to Russia, we did not receive a response, and we are moving forward with the procedure," O'Leary said.
As reported, according to the Court's statistics, Ukraine is in third place in terms of the number of accumulated complaints.