In accordance with the bill submitted to the State Duma, the concept of torture is given a new definition, which will help to avoid difficulties in qualifying such a crime and imposing punishment for it, said one of the authors of the bill, chairman of the Federation Council committee on constitutional legislation, Andrei Klishas, on December 20.
“To eliminate the dissonance of sanctions for torture committed by government officials and those committed by persons who are not, the bill establishes increased liability for torture by government officials in the form of 12 years in prison, and also transfers such a crime to the category of especially serious crimes,” he said. he “RIA News”, noting that the bill provides for amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Klishas added that the transfer of torture to the category of especially grave criminal acts will increase the statute of limitations for such crimes, which, in turn, will make it possible to more effectively implement the principle of inevitability of punishment. As the senator explained, the new definition introduces such a purpose of torture as “intimidation”.
The introduction of a bill to the State Duma on toughening the punishment for torture became known earlier on Monday. It was clarified that the document introduces the concept of “intimidation”, and also proposes to increase the term of imprisonment for torture to 12 years.
On December 16, the chairman of the Human Rights Council under the President, Valery Fadeev, said that he had several proposals on measures to combat the violation of prisoners’ rights. In his opinion, it is necessary to include the article “Torture” in the Criminal Code and to strengthen public monitoring commissions (POC).
On December 14, human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin announced the appearance of a new archive of videos of torture in Russian colonies and prisons.
On November 19, the commission of the central office of the Federal Penitentiary Service announced the commenced inspection in the institutions of the department in the Saratov region. On November 10, 18 employees of the department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Saratov Region were dismissed.
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