Protocol of the Meeting of the Commissions on the Negotiations Regarding a Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities and on Measures to Settle the Armed Conflict on the Territory of the Chechen Republic
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Protocol of the Meeting of the Commissions on the Negotiations Regarding a Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities and on Measures to Settle the Armed Conflict on the Territory of the Chechen RepublicDate
10 Jun 1996Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreedInterim arrangement
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Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( )Stage
Ceasefire/relatedConflict nature
Government/territoryPeace process
Chechnya peace processParties
The Negotiations Commission under the direction of V. Mikhailov, Minister of the Russian Federation and Federal Relations;
Members of the Negotiations Commission of the Russian Federation:
V. Zorin. S. Stepashin. N. Bezborodov. B. Jamalkhanov. Kh. Musalatov. A. Piskunov. A.
Osmayev. V. Sagayev. N. Semenov. V. Strashko. V. Tikhomirov. N. Fedosov.
Members of the Negotiations Commission of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya:
Kh. Yarikhanov. A. Zakayev. K. Makhashev. M. Udugov. Ya. Abdulayev. Sh. Basayev.
M. Saldayev.
The Negotiations Commission and under the direction of A. Maskhadov, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the CRI;Third parties
With the mediation of the representation of the OSCE: T. GuldimannDescription
Agreement provides for a comprehensive ceasefire, a withdrawal of the Provisional United Forces by the end of August 1996,
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)Governance→Political institutions (new or reformed)→General references5. The Negotiations Commissions have agreed that it is necessary to conduct free and democratic elections to the orgas of the State govt of the Chechen Rep at all levels and with the participation of all genuine political forces, with those elections subject o pubilc and intl monitoring; the conduct of the elections to be an internal affair of the Chehcen Rep
- ElectionsPage 2, 2. Within agreed time-limits:
5. The Negotiations Commissions have agreed that it is necessary to conduct free and democratic elections to the organs of State government of the Chechen Republic at all levels and with the participation of all genuine political forces, with those elections to be subject to public and international monitoring after the withdrawal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and its demilitarization have been completed.
The question of how the elections to any organ of State government of the Chechen Republic at all levels and with the participation of all genuine political forces are to be conducted is an internal affair of the Chechen Republic. - Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil society
No specific mention.
- Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
No specific mention.
- National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security GuaranteesPage 2, 2. Within agreed time-limits:
- Checkpoints on roads leading out of inhabited communities shall be eliminated during the period from 11 June to 7 July 1996.
- For the purpose of protecting formations of the Provisional United Forces, control checkpoints are to be established, which shall be eliminated as those formations are withdrawn.
Page 2, 2. Within agreed time-limits:
4. The heads of the working groups – V. Tikhominov, Commander of the Provisional United Forces, and A. Kaskhadov, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya – shall:
- Carry out an exchange of the data required to monitor the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Protocol;
- Delimit the zones of responsibility and designate the persons responsible for the cease-fire and cessation of hostilities in those zones (the joint working groups shall determine the number of zones of responsibility);
- Begin drawing up a timetable for the stage-by-stage withdrawal and removal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and for its demilitarization, reaching an agreement on this timetable before 15 June 1996 at the level of Negotiations Commission heads. - CeasefireSecurity sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionPage 1, Have agreed as follows:
1. The cease-fire and cessation of hostilities completely exclude:
- The use of any types of armaments for combat purposes, including rocket, artillery and other forms of shelling and aerial bombardment;
- Any attacks and operations involving troops, including special operations (joint working groups shall formulate a definition of the term “special operations”);
- The seizure or blockade of inhabited communities, military facilities, and roads;
- Any threats to the work of community governments;
- The unlawful bearing of arms (joint working groups shall formulate a definition of “unlawful bearing of arms”);
- Acts of terrorism or sabotage;
- Attacks on or mining of roads, railways, lines and pipelines, transport facilities, columns of persons, and military or civilian convoys;
- Abductions, the seizure of hostages, and the pillaging or killing of peaceful inhabitants or military personnel.
In the event of a violation of the provisions of this paragraph, the Parties may take appropriate independent defensive action and joint measures to put an end to the violation in question.
Page 2, 2. Within agreed time-limits:
... - The withdrawal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic shall be completed by the end of August 1996. To that end, joint working groups shall draw up a timetable for the stage-by-stage withdrawal and removal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and for its demilitarization.
Page 2, 2. Within agreed time-limits:
4. The heads of the working groups – V. Tikhominov, Commander of the Provisional United Forces, and A. Kaskhadov, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya – shall:
... - Delimit the zones of responsibility and designate the persons responsible for the cease-fire and cessation of hostilities in those zones (the joint working groups shall determine the number of zones of responsibility);
... - Begin drawing up a timetable for the stage-by-stage withdrawal and removal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and for its demilitarization, reaching an agreement on this timetable before 15 June 1996 at the level of Negotiations Commission heads.
Page 2, 2. Within agreed time-limits:
5. The Negotiations Commissions have agreed that it is necessary to conduct free and democratic elections to the organs of State government of the Chechen Republic at all levels and with the participation of all genuine political forces, with those elections to be subject to public and international monitoring after the withdrawal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and its demilitarization have been completed.
The question of how the elections to any organ of State government of the Chechen Republic at all levels and with the participation of all genuine political forces are to be conducted is an internal affair of the Chechen Republic. - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
No specific mention.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
No specific mention.
- Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- TerrorismPage 1, Have agreed as follows:
1. The cease-fire and cessation of hostilities completely exclude:
... - Acts of terrorism or sabotage;
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatory
No specific mention.
- Other international signatoryWith the mediation of the representation of the OSCE: T. Guldimann
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanismPage 2, 2. Within agreed time-limits:
3. Joint working groups shall be established to monitor the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Protocol. - Related cases
No specific mention.
- SourceINCORE, http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/agreements/pdf/rus3.pdf
Protocol of the Meeting of the Commissions on the Negotiations Regarding a Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities and on Measures to Settle the Armed Conflict on the Territory of the Chechen Republic
Nazran, 10 June 1996
For the purpose of implementing the Agreement on a Cease-fire and Cessation of Hostilities and on Measures to Settle the Armed Conflict on the Territory of the Chechen Republic, signed by Mr. V.S. Chernomyrdin and Mr. Z. Yandarbiev on 27 May 1996 in Moscow,
The Negotiations Commission formed by order of the Government of the Russian Federation and under the direction of V. Mikhailov, Minister of the Russian Federation and Federal Relations, and
The Negotiations Commission formed by order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya (CRI)* and under the direction of A. Maskhadov, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the CRI,
Have agreed as follows:
1. The cease-fire and cessation of hostilities completely exclude:
- The use of any types of armaments for combat purposes, including rocket, artillery and other forms of shelling and aerial bombardment;
- Any attacks and operations involving troops, including special operations (joint working groups shall formulate a definition of the term “special operations”);
- The seizure or blockade of inhabited communities, military facilities, and roads;
- Any threats to the work of community governments;
- The unlawful bearing of arms (joint working groups shall formulate a definition of “unlawful bearing of arms”);
- Acts of terrorism or sabotage;
- Attacks on or mining of roads, railways, lines and pipelines, transport facilities, columns of persons, and military or civilian convoys;
- Abductions, the seizure of hostages, and the pillaging or killing of peaceful inhabitants or military personnel.
In the event of a violation of the provisions of this paragraph, the Parties may take appropriate independent defensive action and joint measures to put an end to the violation in question.
2. Within agreed time-limits:
- Checkpoints on roads leading out of inhabited communities shall be eliminated during the period from 11 June to 7 July 1996.
- For the purpose of protecting formations of the Provisional United Forces, control checkpoints are to be established, which shall be eliminated as those formations are withdrawn.
- The withdrawal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic shall be completed by the end of August 1996.
To that end, joint working groups shall draw up a timetable for the stage-by-stage withdrawal and removal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and for its demilitarization.
3. Joint working groups shall be established to monitor the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Protocol.
4. The heads of the working groups – V. Tikhominov, Commander of the Provisional United Forces, and A. Kaskhadov, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya – shall:
- Carry out an exchange of the data required to monitor the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Protocol;
- Delimit the zones of responsibility and designate the persons responsible for the cease-fire and cessation of hostilities in those zones (the joint working groups shall determine the number of zones of responsibility);
- Begin drawing up a timetable for the stage-by-stage withdrawal and removal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and for its demilitarization, reaching an agreement on this timetable before 15 June 1996 at the level of Negotiations Commission heads.
5. The Negotiations Commissions have agreed that it is necessary to conduct free and democratic elections to the organs of State government of the Chechen Republic at all levels and with the participation of all genuine political forces, with those elections to be subject to public and international monitoring after the withdrawal of the Provisional United Forces from the territory of the Chechen Republic and its demilitarization have been completed.
The question of how the elections to any organ of State government of the Chechen Republic at all levels and with the participation of all genuine political forces are to be conducted is an internal affair of the Chechen Republic.
6. The participants in the negotiations shall refrain from any actions or statements that obstruct or that might obstruct the implementation of the Agreement of 27 May 1996, the Protocol of 28 May 1996, this Protocol, and all subsequent joint decisions by the participants in the negotiations.
This Protocol has been drawn up in three authentic copies.
V. Mikhailov
A. Maskhadov
With the mediation of the representation of the OSCE
T. Guldimann
Members of the Negotiations Commission of the Russian Federation:
V. Zorin.
S. Stepashin.
N. Bezborodov.
B. Jamalkhanov.
Kh.
Musalatov.
A. Piskunov.
A.
Osmayev.
V. Sagayev.
N. Semenov.
V. Strashko.
V. Tikhomirov.
N. Fedosov.
Members of the Negotiations Commission of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya:
Kh. Yarikhanov.
A. Zakayev.
K. Makhashev.
M. Udugov.
Ya.
Abdulayev.
Sh.
Basayev.
M. Saldayev.
“I CONFIRM”
Chairman of the Negotiations Commission formed by order of the Government of the
Russian Federation
V. Mikhailov
“I CONFIRM”
Chairman of the Negotiations Commission formed by order of the Cabinet of Ministers
of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya
A. Maskhadov
* The Negotiations Commission formed by order of the Government of the Russian Federation states that the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya is not recognized under the legislation of the Russian Federation.