Chechnya and the North Caucasus

• Watch the debate: Chechnya and the North Caucasus 
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• LLN 2011/015, Debate on 5 May: Chechnya and the North Caucasus

Lord Judd (Labour), opened the debate.

Issues discussed during the course of debate included:

• lack of ‘the sustained focus of international attention and analysis’ on the situation in the region
• historical relationship between Russia and the region
• deaths of journalists Anna Politkovskaya and Natalia Estemirova
• European Court of Human Rights judgments against the Russian Federation on serious human rights violations across the North Caucasus
• political leadership and the situation in Chechnya
• role of international organisations, including NATO, Council of Europe, non-governmental organisations and the UN
• how to build a peace process in the region, including strengthening civil society.

Contributors to the debate

Other Members who took part in the debate included (use the links to watch/listen to their contributions):

• Viscount Waverley (Crossbench), strong political interest in international affairs 
• Lord Rea (Labour), a former Deputy Opposition Spokesperson for Health and International Development with an interest in Chechnya 
• Lord Jopling (Conservative), Member of the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire, Government spokesperson for the Home Office, responded on behalf of the government.

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