A provisional ruling from Europe's human rights court has ordered Russia to pay damages and legal costs to Americans who were barred from adopting Russian children.
Russia has three months to appeal the decision by the European Court of Human Rights.
The panel of seven judges, including one Russian, ruled unanimously Tuesday that Russia's application of a 2013 law that banned Americans from adopting Russian children was discriminatory.
The case was brought by 45 Americans who had been in the final stages of adoption procedures.
A court press release said it awarded 3,000 euros ($3,180) in damages to each pair of prospective parents plus $600 (565 euros) in legal costs.
Note
European Court of Human Rights is a supra-national or international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights.
It hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the Convention and its protocols.
An application can be lodged by an individual, a group of individuals or one or more of the other contracting states, and, besides judgments, the Court can also issue advisory opinions.
The Convention was adopted within the context of the Council of Europe, and all of its 47 member states are contracting parties to the Convention.
The Court was established on January 21,1959
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