Convention relative à la procédure civile, conclue à La Haye, le 1 er mars 1954 - Déclaration de la Russie.

N° 360 du 4 avril 2017

Convention relative à la procédure civile, conclue à La Haye, le 1

er mars 1954 - Déclaration de la

Russie.

Il résulte d’une notification du Ministère des Affaires étrangères du Royaume des Pays-Bas qu’en date du

19 juillet 2016, la Russie a fait la déclaration suivante concernant la Convention désignée ci-dessus

Reaffirming its firm commitment to respect and fully comply with generally recognised principles and rules

of international law, the Russian Federation, with reference to the declaration of Ukraine of 16 October 2015

regarding the Convention of 1 March 1954 on Civil Procedure, states the following.

The Russian Federation rejects to the above mentioned declaration of Ukraine and states that it cannot be

taken into consideration as it is based on a bad faith and incorrect presentation and interpretation of facts

and law.

The declaration of Ukraine regarding "certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine" cannot

serve as a justification for non-compliance with its obligations, disregard for humanitarian considerations,

refusal or failure to take necessary measures to find practical solutions for issues that have a very serious and

direct impact on the ability of residents of those regions to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms

provided for by international law.

The declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea and its voluntary accession to the Russian

Federation are the result of a direct and free expression of will by the people of Crimea in accordance with

democratic principles, a legitimate form of exercising their right to self-determination given an aided from

abroad violent coup d'état in Ukraine which caused rampant radical nationalist elements not hesitating to use

terror, intimidation and harassment against both its political opponents and the population of entire regions

of Ukraine.

The Russian Federation rejects any attempts to call into question an objective status of the Republic of

Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the territories of which

are an integral part of the territory of the Russian Federation under its full sovereignty. Thus, the Russian

Federation reaffirms that it fully complies with its international obligations under the Convention in relation

to this part of its territory.

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