"It was agreed with the Chechen Interior Ministry and the Republic's ombudsman to set up a commission involving all bodies, which control the human rights observation, in order to coordinate our activities," Mr. Lukin said at a press conference on Friday.
"We shall try to do something without interfering in the political process in the Republic," the Russian ombudsman added.
According to him, the introduction of the post of the Chechen ombudsman was a positive step because it is difficult to control the situation from Moscow.
The disappearance of people is a key problem of the Republic, Mr. Lukin noted. "Since the beginning of the year 1,700 relevant criminal cases were started in Chechnya, while 50 of the cases went to court," he said.
Moreover, Vladimir Lukin proposed establishing an inter-departmental commission on migration issues in Russia because, in his opinion, the migration problem in Russia is increasing and should not be handled by the Interior Ministry alone.
In his words, the ombudsman's staff forwarded a relevant proposal to the government and presidential staff.
"I handed this letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov personally but the question is considered slowly," the human rights commissioner said.
He believes that the government still lacks a clear-cut concept of attracting labor migrants and their cultural assimilation. Everything comes to "police control", he added.
Mt. Lukin also suggested that Russia change the principle of registration of nonresident and foreign citizens who have a three-day limit unlike Ukrainians enjoying the possibility to live without registration for three months.
"The fact that Ukrainians enjoy this right is an international norm. But why a person from Tula is given three days and a person from Vinnitsa three months to undergo registration. The migration commission is working hard to equalize them. In my opinion, we should introduce informative registration by mail," the ombudsman said.
Legal nihilism and neglect of the law by top officials are the main problems in the human rights sphere. "I mean the federal and regional authorities, the judicial power and political leaders," Vladimir Lukin specified.
"If we ever get legal consciousness since childhood and respect for the law by the authorities, many problems will be solved," he said.
