Musayev, Labazanova and Magomadov v. Russia was the July 26, 2007, ruling by the European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...

 (ECHR) in the case of the February 2000 Novye Aldi massacre

Novye Aldi massacre

The Novye Aldi massacre was a notorious crime in which Russian federal forces summarily executed dozens of people in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, in the course of a "mopping-up" operation conducted there on February 5, 2000, soon after the end of the battle for the city...

 in Chechnya

Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...

, which unanimously held Russia

Russia

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 responsible for violations of Articles 2 (right to life) and 13 (right to effective remedy) of the European Convention of Human Rights. The three applications, which the Court joined into one case, concerned the murder

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

s of 11 civilian

Civilian

A civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces or other militia. Civilians are distinct from combatants. They are afforded a degree of legal protection from the effects of war and military occupation...

 persons committed during a rampage in the Chechen capital Grozny

Grozny

Grozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 271,596; up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census. but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989...

 by the Russian OMON

OMON

OMOH is a generic name for the system of special units of militsiya within the Russian and earlier the Soviet MVD...

 special police unit.

In its ruling, the Court said:

External links

• DECISION AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF Applications no. 57941/00 by Yusup MUSAYEV, no. 58699/00 by Suleyman MAGOMADOV and Tamara MAGOMADOVA and 60403/00 by Malika LABAZANOVA and Khasan ABDULMAZHIDOV against Russia
• CASE OF MUSAYEV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 57941/00, 58699/00 and 60403/00) JUDGMENT
• European Court Rules Against Russia In Chechen Deaths, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, July 26, 2007
• Russia: European Court Rules on Chechnya Massacre, Reuters AlertNet, 27 Jul 2007
• Russia Ordered to Pay Relatives of 11 Chechens Killed by Troops, The New York Times
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  , July 27, 2007
• Kremlin is condemned for Chechen massacre, The Times
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  , July 27, 2007
• Chechen Massacre Survivors See Justice, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
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  , 09-Aug-07