Week-ending 6 March 2020
Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on activities of regional ombudsmen
MOSCOW, March 5 (RAPSI) – The State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a bill regulating the activities of human rights commissioners in the country’s regions, which aims to extend their powers and set uniform rules and approaches governing the formation of this institution.
Source: RAPSI, 5 March 2020
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