The Moscow Mechanism: A conversation with Dr. Wolfgang Benedek on Allegations of Human Rights Violations in Chechnya

violations and abuses in Chechnya from January 2017 to the present”. The report focused on the most serious violations like harassment and persecution, arbitrary arrests or detentions, torture, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and the persecution of people for their sexual orientation or their activities as human rights defenders, lawyers, independent journalists or members of civil society.

The speaker has been appointed as single rapporteur and presented his report to the Permanent Council of OSCE in Vienna in December 2018. Based on his report, he will explain the nature of the Moscow Mechanism, the methodology used and the main findings reached with regard to his mandate. He will also summarize the conclusions and recommendations of the report including some general reflections on the relevance of the Moscow Mechanism for addressing serious human rights violations in the OSCE area.
Read his full report on alleged human rights violations in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation by clicking here.
moderated by
Dr. Michael HaltzelSenior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute

speaker
Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Benedek
Former director of Institute of International Law and International Relations and of the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy of University of Graz; Lecturer at Diplomatic Academy Vienna and at the European Master Programmes on Human Rights and Democracy in Venice and Sarajevo; Doctorates h.c. from Universities of Sarajevo and Prishtina; Publications in fields of international, regional and local human rights; Co-editor of “Russia and the European Court of Human Rights, The Strasbourg Effect,” Cambridge University Press 2018; editor of “Manual on Human Rights Education, Understanding Human Rights”, available in 17 languages and executive editor of the European Yearbook on Human Rights 2009-2018.