CONSTITUTIONAL-LEGAL REGULATION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: REGIONAL ASPECT
The article is devoted to the analysis of the legislation of federal subjects of the Russian Federation in the sphere of regulation of non-governmental organizations’ activities. This study was carried out on the basis of the comparative law method as a way to protect the human right to association. The article examines the problems of regional legislation quality, completeness and effectiveness of its regulatory impact on civil society in federal subjects of the Russian Federation. The author tries to answer the question what the purposes are for the existence of regional legislation on human rights. The emphasis is on the regional regulation of support for nongovernmental organizations on the part of the authorities of federal subjects of the Russian Federation. The article touches upon the problems of regulation through regional laws of the activities of religious organizations as a form of non-governmental organizations. The author concludes that regional legislation in the sphere of regulation of non-governmental organizations’ activities in most regions is fragmented and unsystematic, and the purposes of its existence for the protection and creation of additional guarantees of constitutional human rights in the territory of federal subjects of the Russian Federation are performed only partially.