The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg recognized Russia responsible for knocking down the Malaysia Airlines aircraft in 2014 over the territory of Ukraine, as well as for violations of human rights in this country.
ECHR held joint hearings on three claims filed by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia.
The court found Russia guilty of the MH17 flight disaster and in human rights violations in the Donbass, in the east of Ukraine.
The court decision says that Russia is responsible for the “executions of Ukrainian civilians and military personnel during the absence of a conflict”, “Application of torture”, “illegal movement of civilians”, as well as “destruction, robberies and violent seizures of property”.
The court ordered Russia to free all detainees in the territories under its control or occupied by it in Ukraine, as well as to promote the creation of an independent international mechanism for the search and return of children taken from Ukraine to Russia
The decision was made by the Grand Chamber of the ECHR consisting of 17 judges.
In January 2023, the ECHR partially satisfied the Netherlands’s appeals in connection with the confusion of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft in July 2014 during a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The court also recognized Ukraine’s complaints about “illegal military attacks”, “executions” and “torture” against civilians of Donbass since March 2014.
Ukraine additionally filed a lawsuit in the ECHR in connection with the Russian-Ukrainian war, which began in February 2022.
The Kremlin also commented on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Complement of the Malaysian Boeing and the situation in Ukraine.
“is not going to fulfill. We consider them insignificant,” said the representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov.
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July 17, 2014, the MH17 flight was shot down 40 kilometers from the border of Ukraine with Russia. On board were 283 passengers and 15 crew members. All 298 people died.
International joint investigative group (JIT), which includes representatives of the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Ukraine and Malaysia, established that the aircraft was shot down by the Russian military missile in Ukraine.