The situation in the North Caucasus remains "most serious and most delicate", the PACE rapporteur said during the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)'s plenary session on Tuesday.
"The worst and most massive violations of human rights take place [In the North Caucasus]," Dick Marty from the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights said, adding Russian authorities must fight terrorism "in conformity with their own legislation and with their international commitments."
In March, the rapporteur visited Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan, where he met the presidents of all three republics as well as prosecutors, human rights activists and local residents.
Following his visit to the North Caucasus, Marty said the situation in Grozny has totally changed in comparison with 2004. "We saw for ourselves that the entire center has been rebuilt and no outward signs of the war are visible," he said.
PACE parliamentarians said the international community should cooperate with Russian authorities in combating terrorism, "guarantee adequate protection to Chechen exiles" whom they have received in their territory and "consider with the greatest care and caution extradition requests in respect of exiles from the North Caucasian republics who would risk being killed, subject to torture or an unfair trial."
STRASBOURG, June 22 (RIA Novosti)
