scholarly journals The Meaning and Operation of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the Legal System of the Russian Federation

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 826-844
Author(s):  
Valentina V. Tereshkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal System ◽  
European Convention ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation

scholarly journals Enforceability of ECtHR Judgements in Russia: Alternatives of Interaction Between Jurisdictions

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01192
Author(s):  
Ivan Usenkov ◽  
Igor Morozov
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation

Issues of enforceability of the European Court of Human Rights judgements in Russia are considered in the article. The authors infer the priority of the model, in which judgements can be unimplemented if they are contrary to the constitutional law of the country in accordance with comparative legal analysis. However, the state is ought to make everything possible in order to enforce the decision, even interpret the Constitution, if possible. The authors conclude that issues of correlation of sovereignty and regional consensus, subsidiarity principles and supranationality, interpretation of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms have not obtained a response. The European Court of Human Rights should be more thorough with the aspects of the national legal systems, but rejection of the execution of its judgements is unacceptable. Relevant provisions are to be excluded from the FCL from 21.07.1994 N 1-FCL «The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation».

7 International Treaties in Russian Judicial and Arbitral Practice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Butler William E
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Russian Constitution ◽  
The Russian Federation

This chapter explores the role of Soviet and post-Soviet Russian courts in interpreting and applying international treaties. It is clear that Soviet courts dealt more frequently with treaties than the scanty published judicial practice of that period suggests. This early body of treaties may also have contributed to the emergence in the early 1960s of priority being accorded to Soviet treaties insofar as they contained rules providing otherwise than Soviet legislation. Whatever the volume of cases involving treaties that were considered by Soviet courts prior to 1991, the inclusion of Article 15(4) in the 1993 Russian Constitution transformed the situation. A further transformation occurred when the Russian Federation acceded to the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and began to participate in the deliberations of the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg.

scholarly journals The Problem of Execution of ECHR Judgments within the Framework of the Novelties of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Tatyana M. Alekseeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
International Courts ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Effective Remedy

This article is about the problem of execution international courts decisions in connection with the changes that were contributed to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020. The author believes that the review cases in view of new circumstances in connection with the violations were established by the European Court of Human Rights of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 provisions may be significantly limited. The article states that an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and the obligation its decisions in relation to the violating country cease to be an effective remedy.

scholarly journals The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the System of Sources of Legal Regulation of the Administration of Justice in Administrative Offences

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
O. V. Pankova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation

The paper presents the author’s view of the problem of interaction between international and national administrative law and attempts to determine the place of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the Russian legal system and the administrative and tort legislation of the country. Based on the analysis of different points of view, the conclusion is enunciated that international treaties ratified by the Russian Federation are incorporated into the general body of administrative legislation; and they constitute a source of administrative law in the part in which they contain legal provisions governing the administrative and legal status of citizens, as well as guarantees of its implementation, including guarantees of equitable justice in cases arising from public law relations and administrative and tort cases. In this regards, the author analyzes the provisions of Article 1.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, determining the place and role of universally recognized principles and norms of international law and international treaties of the Russian Federation in the system of sources of administrative and tort law—the author refers the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to the sources mentioned above. The paper considers this Convention as an international treaty of the Russian Federation that not only regulates interstate relations, but also actively invades the regulation of procedural administrative responsibility, since it establishes the general parameters of a fair trial in administrative and tort cases. The paper also pays attention to the implementation in the draft Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and the Procedural Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences of the Constitutional Principle concerning international legal norms in the legal system of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Russia`s Participation in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
A. Y. Novoseltsev ◽  
K. V. Stepanyugin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation

INTRODUCTION. The article examines problematic issues of Russia’s participation in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. According to the authors, the form of Russia’s participation in the Convention, associated with membership in the council of Europe, is unacceptable for its sovereignty. When ratifying the Convention, the degree of objectivity and impartiality of the ECHR in relation to the Russian Federation and the properties of the legal norms of the Convention were not taken into account.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The materials for the research are international agreements, resolutions of international organizations, decisions of the ECHR and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federa- tion, as well as doctrinal sources on the topic. The methodological basis of the article was formed by general scientific and special research methods. The article critically analyzes the arguments in favor of Russia’s participation in the European Convention and examines the reasons why the ECHR can hardly be called an objective court for a country that is not a member of the EU.RESEARCH RESULTS. The authors believe that the unenforceability of ECHR judgements is only part of the problem of enforcing binding decisions of international organizations. According to the authors, it is necessary to determine the fundamental foundations of Russia’s participation in international organizations that can make decisions legally binding for our country, and to limit their circle to the participants of the integration association with Russia, organizations of strategic partners, as well as organizations in which Russia can influence the adoption decisions. The principles of Russia’s participation in international organizations that make legally binding decisions should be included in the Federal Law “On International Treaties of the Russian Federation”.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. The subordination of Russia to the jurisdiction of an interstate human rights body must meet a number of conditions that the ECHR does not meet. Because of this, problems arise with the implementation by Russia of the decisions of the ECHR. The authors share the point of view that the ECHR is an effective mechanism for the protection of rights and freedoms, but only for a group of states – European integration participants bound by common interests, values, and coordinated foreign and domestic policies. Therefore Russia needs to return to the rules of cooperation in the field of human rights with European states, set out in the Helsinki Final Act on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

scholarly journals The System of Procedural Principles of Proceedings in Administrative Offenses Cases

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 153-159
Author(s):  
A. R. Nobel
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
European Court ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Procedural Decisions

The paper provides definitions of the principles and system of principles of proceedings in cases of administrative offenses. Based on the norms of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and the practice of their application, the author substantiates the position that the principles of proceedings in cases of administrative offenses are, to varying degrees, enshrined in regulatory legal acts constituting legislation on administrative offenses, both directly and indirectly. The system of procedural principles of proceedings in cases of administrative offenses is revealed. The author includes the following principles in this system: open consideration; state language; direct examination of evidence; freedom to evaluate evidence; compulsory consideration of applications; freedom to appeal against procedural decisions; competition and equality of the parties; fair consideration of the case; ensuring the right to defense. The content of these principles having a pronounced procedural nature is formed through a systemic interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the European Convention on Human Rights, the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the case law of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the European Court of Human Rights. The author concludes that, despite the existence of various ways of consolidating the procedural principles of proceedings in cases of administrative offenses, the greatest efficiency of their perception and application will be achieved only when the principles are reflected in a special chapter of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Recent Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights: an Overview

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy A. Musin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Case Law ◽  
European Countries ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation

In 2006 the Russian Federation was chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Our motto was: “Towards united Europe without dividing lines.” In order to make European countries closer to each other it is very important to insure unified interpretation and application of norms contained in international treaties. Such harmony between countries requires us to first consider the terms in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

Executive Force of the ECtHR Judgments in a Legal System of the Russian Federation (on the Basis of the Practice of the Constitutional Court)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Сергей Князев ◽  
Syergyey Knyazyev
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
European Court ◽  
Russian Constitution ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article deals with the complex of issues concerned with the acknowledgement of the executive force of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and ensuring their implementation in the Russian Federation. According to the author, the main difficulties of the implementation of the Convention´s provisions for Russia are not connected with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms per se, but the interpretation of its norms in the judgments of the ECtHR. The author emphasized that the ECtHR usually avoids the direct conflicts with the Russian constitutional order in a process of decision-making and their execution does not cause any problems in a majority of cases. However, the active using of such tools as evolutive interpretation, European consensus, limits of national discretion, etc. by the ECtHR leads to the fact that its judgments are in contradiction with the Russian Constitution or legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. Such ECtHR judgments are the subject matter of analysis of present article in a view of the assessing their executive force. On a basis of the systematic analysis of the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the author comes to the conclusion about the necessity of surveying of all available to the Russian authorities’ funds to maintain a cohesive European (Convention) and national (constitutional) legal orders. Derogation from the legal obligation of the ECtHR judgments can be permissible in exceptional cases only and may be dictated only by the aims of protection of the state sovereignty and the supremacy of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals On the Formation of the National Position Regarding the Conditions for Implementing the Decisions of Interstate Bodies in the Russian Legal System

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Andrey Alexandrovich Klishas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal System ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Key Aspects

The article examines the content of the amendments adopted to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in terms of the relationship between the provisions of international treaties and constitutional norms. Based on the use of a retrospective research method, it is noted that the position reflected in the constitutional amendments is largely the result of the activities of national authorities on the consistent implementation of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights into the national legal system, built on the basis of a dialogue with the bodies of the Council of Europe. Such interaction has been established and has been actively developing since the entry of the Russian Federation into this international organization. Over the past few years, this cooperation has developed in the context of the exercise by the Constitutional Court of the authority to resolve the issue of the possibility of executing the decisions of the ECHR. The key aspects of a theoretical nature that contributed to the formation of a position regarding the conditions for the implementation of decisions of interstate bodies on the protection of human rights and freedoms in the Russian legal system are studied step by step. The key importance of the aspect of conventionally constitutional conflicts of interpretation, which is reflected in the amendments to the Constitution, is noted.

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