UN Commission on Human Rights Condemns Russia

On April 20, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva strongly condemned Russian violations of human rights in Chechnya. Condemnation of the ongoing atrocities and Russia's failure to act was the focus of intense lobbying by HRW staff in the capitals of Commission member states and at the Geneva meeting itself. Also key to the victory was fresh information about Russian atrocities collected by our research team in Ingushetia.