Baysayeva v. Russia

Baysayeva v. Russia

Decided 5 April 2007
Full case name Baysayeva v Russia
Case number 74237/01
ECLI:CE:ECHR:2007:0405JUD007423701
Chamber First Section
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Baysayeva v. Russia was an April 5, 2007, European Court of Human Rights ruling in the case of forced disappearance of a Chechen man Shakhid Baysayev, which unanimously held Russia responsible for serious violations of the European Convention on Human Rights. The decision was the latest in a series of judgements against Russia in cases connected to the war in Chechnya.

In its unanimous judgment, the Court made a number of important findings:

The panel of seven judges, which included the Russian judge, ordered Russia to pay the applicant Asmart Baysayeva 50,000 Euro in compensation for moral damages. The government was also obliged to take steps to properly investigate Baysayev’s disappearance.

At the time of the ruling some 200 similar cases were pending before the Strasbourg court. An estimated 5,000 people have "disappeared" in Chechnya since the start of the Second Chechen War in 1999.

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