On the Content of the Human Right to Affordable and Quality Medical Care in the Russian Constitution, Federal Legislation, and Constitutions (Charters) of the Subjects of the Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-19
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Russian Constitution ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Quality Medical Care

The article discusses the issues of constitutional-law and special legal regulation of the human right to health and affordable and quality medical care. It is shown how this right is stipulated by constitutions and charters of subjects of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Constitution of Russia. Whereas the Constitution providing the right to health does not prescribe that medical care should be «affordable» and «quality», the author believes that these attributes are intrinsic to medical care because it is only affordable and quality medical care that is a guarantee of realization of the right to health. Health is considered by the author as a prerequisite of using other rights and freedoms. Using the comparative-law methodology, the author analyzes constitutions and charters of constituent entities of the RF and concludes that less than a half of them have provisions concerning the right to health protection and medical care. At the same time, under Constitution protection of human rights shall be within the joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and constituent units. It is emphasized that the special role in protection of the human right to health on the sub-federal level belongs to regional constitutional (charter) courts, some examples from their practice are given.

scholarly journals Problems of Legal Regulation of Palliative Medical Care in the Russian Federation Subjects

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Anna Trutaeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
State Power ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Degree Of Disability ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Palliative Medical Care

Introduction. The problem of ensuring equal scope of the right to palliative medical care of citizens living on the territory of various subjects of the Russian Federation is raised. The article describes the current legal regulation of palliative care in the Russian Federation and the existing problems of providing it. Purpose. The author aims to determine the place of legal regulation in the mechanism of ensuring the right to palliative medical care and ways to increase the degree of guarantee of this right. Methodology. Methods of analysis and synthesis, formal-logical and comparative-legal methods are used. Results. A brief overview of the current legal regulation at the Federal level and in the subjects of the Russian Federation is given, and the different scope of the right to palliative medical care of citizens living on the territory of different subjects of the Russian Federation is recorded. The article highlights the consequences of different approaches to the legal regulation of the issues under consideration, and suggests changes to them. Population by sex and age, the structure of its incidence and the degree of disability in subjects of the Russian Federation are not the same, and the bodies of state power of subjects of this level have the ability to define the needs of the population in the form of medical care that is consistent with the goal inherent in the activities of the bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation in the field of social security, namely with regard to the influence of the specific features on the life of citizens and securing a reasonable differentiation of social security. Conclusion. It is concluded that it is necessary to fix the guarantee of palliative medical care in the normative legal acts of the subjects of the Russian Federation regulating the issues of public health protection, regardless of the territory of living, gender, age, diagnosis and stage of treatment.

scholarly journals Citizens' Rights to Health Protection and Medical Assistance, Guaranteed by Article 41 of the Constitution: Problems of Enforcement

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Ольга Фадеева ◽  
Olga Fadeeva
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

The paper reflects the state of the modern healthcare system and various enforcements of the right to medical care guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The right to health, as well as the provision of qualified, free, and timely health care, are among the most important and fundamental human rights. The paper also features some key enforcement problems concerning the right to health protection and medical care, guaranteed by Article 41 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, e.g. a lack of medical personnel, untimely provision of the first aid, and insufficient financing in the health care system. The article also considers the causes and consequences of "staff shortages" in Russian hospitals, employment of medical graduates, and financial support of young medical specialists. The author analyzes the equipment status of medical organizations in 2018 and 2016, voices the problem of optimization in healthcare institutions by reducing the inpatient level and expanding outpatient clinics, and offers statistics of complaints to the Department of Public Health on quality and timeliness of medical care. The author believes that the enforcement of the right of citizens guaranteed by Article 41 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation can be characterized as very low, which indicates the pretentiousness of the law.

scholarly journals Establishment and development of legal regulation of the court's activity in transfer of foreign citizens sentenced by Russian courts to serve their sentence in the country of citizenship

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Alexander Fedyunin
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
International Norms ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

This article analyzes the establishment of legal regulation of the court's activity in the consideration and resolution of the question of transferring foreign citizens sentenced by the court of the Russian Federation to serve their sentence in country of citizenship. The author offers periodization of the chronology of its evolution,  and draws attention to the gaps and inaccuracies in the current legislation and the need for amending normative legal framework, which is testified by the legal acts adopted by the state authorities of the Russian Federation, including those aimed at regulation of international legal relations in this sphere, as well as the works of the scholars-processualists. The conclusion is made that the corresponding court's activity acquires a special role. Compared to the Soviet period, national and international norms that regulate the court’s activity in this area have experiences significant changes, as the number of convicts transferred to their country of citizenship has increased considerably, the contractual practice of the Russian Federation has expanded, which is substantiated by the globalization processes and the need for the development and strengthening of international cooperation of the Russian Federation with foreign countries in the sphere of transferring foreign citizens. Examination of the chronology of changes experienced by the normative legal framework of the court’s activity in the course of its establishment and development, allows choosing the right direction for further improvements.

scholarly journals Some challenges in legal regulation of the minor patients rights and freedoms

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 1054-1057
Author(s):  
G M Khamitova
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
National Medical ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
A Minor

The problem of securing and protecting the citizens rights for the medical care delivery in the existing legislation is one of the most relevant in the modern Russian law. In domestic legislation the right to health and medical care is primarily enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. For example, the article 41 establishes the right to get free medical care in accordance with the state guarantees program of free medical care delivery to citizens, and to receive paid medical and other services. However, there are some peculiarities and problems of these rights implementation in minor patients. This article is devoted to the analysis of this problem certain aspects. In particular, it raises questions on the patient’s right to get information about his/her health status, enshrined in the Fundamentals (article 19) and the Law of the Russian Federation «On Protection of Consumers’ Rights of 07.02.1992». Quite controversial is the situation when the legal representatives of a minor under the age of 15 years strongly refuse medical intervention and hospital insists on it. Considering the features of the right ofminors to confidentiality, it should be noted that providing the information constituting patient’s confidentiality to legal representatives is not stipulated by the national medical legislation standards in case of minors over 15 years old. However, it should be taken into account that in case of harm infliction to a minor or unlawful interference with the minor’s health, the latters not having full legal capacity, are not able to protect themselves. Also in the current legislation in the field of donation and transplantation the problem of the minors lifetime donation regulation remains unsolved. In summary, it should be noted that, despite the relative development of the legislation on the minor patients rights, in reality unusual situations that create psychological, moral and ethical problems for doctors occur quite often.

scholarly journals Constitutional status of an individual in the context of coronavirus pandemic: vectors of transformation in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
E. S. Anichkin
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Structural Method ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
Russian Constitution ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

The subject of research is the scientific understanding of the ways, manifestations and trends in the transformation of the constitutional status of an individual in the context of the spread of coronavirus infection.The purpose of the research is to confirm or disprove the scientific hypothesis that the COVID-19 pandemic impacts negatively on the content and implementation of the constitutional status of an individual in Russia.The methodology. General scientific methods, especially dialectical ones, made it possible to study the conditions and process of evolution of the constitutional status of an individual in the context of confronting coronavirus infection. With the help of a synergistic method the analysis of cross-sectoral communication of national constitutional law and international legal regulation is carried out. The systemic-structural method was used in the study of intrasystemic changes in the constitutional status of an individual. A study of normative legal sources was made using the formal legal method.The main results, scope of application. The constitutional status of an individual is undergoing a clear transformation in four directions, each of which has received a separate consideration in the work. Basically, the transformation concerned such an element of the constitutional status as "rights". For the most part, these changes have a negative character for an individual, that is, they worsen his constitutional and legal situation in comparison with the "pre-pandemic" period, but they will remain in one way or another until the sanitary and epidemiological situation normalizes. It is noteworthy that the same element of the constitutional status, including the same right, can experience several variants of transformation, but with a difference in time, content, territory of action or circle of persons. For example, the development of the right to freedom of movement on the territory of the Russian Federation is accompanied by both its restriction and suspension of implementation in general, and the right to entrepreneurial activity is accompanied by an additional opportunity for business representatives to receive compensation for forced losses. The pandemic has demonstrated the permissibility and even a certain expediency of transforming the constitutional status of a person and a citizen not only by federal laws (which follows from Part 3 of Article 55 of Russian Constitution), but also by-laws and regulations, not only at the federal, but also at the regional level. This possibility is due to references in federal legislation. It should be recognized that over the past year, for the first time, we have witnessed the active regulation of the constitutional status of a person and a citizen by the subordinate normative acts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which indicates their confident incorporation into the number of sources of its legal regulation.Conclusions. The vectors of transformation of constitutional status of an individual due to COVID-19 pandemic were: (a) the restriction of some basic rights, (b) the suspension of the implementation of a number of basic rights, (c) the substantive clarification and addition of certain rights and mechanisms for their implementation, (d) imposition of additional responsibilities.

Constitutional Review and the Review by Courts of General Jurisdiction: Comparative Analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-44
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Control ◽  
Constitutional Review ◽  
Judicial Control ◽  
Russian Constitution ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

In the article, a comparison is made between constitutional review and judicial review exercised by courts of general jurisdiction in Russia on the basis of comparative-law methodology. The author concludes that it is necessary to empower citizens with the right to consider their appeals within the framework of abstract review by courts of general jurisdiction. A proposal has also been formulated on granting the right to appeal for the protection of the rights of citizens and their associations within the framework of the Russian Code of Administrative Procedure (CAP), the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russian Federation, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, the Commissioner for the Rights of Business-Owners, and also the other Commissioners for these areas on the subjects of the Russian Federation, and the deputies of all levels – from municipal to federal. The author states that with the adoption of the CAP, the problem of checking federal regulations that have less legal force than Decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation for compliance with the Russian Constitution has not been resolved. It is suggested vesting the courts of general jurisdiction with the right to exercise administrative and judicial control over compliance of such acts with the Russian Constitution. The article reveals the problem of lack of terminological unity in the legal regulation of similar institutions of constitutional and administrative judicial review. The need to unify a number of norms of constitutional and administrative legislation on regulatory control issue is emphasized.

The right to life: A comparative analysis of the relevant norms of the Constitutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The relevance of the work is determined by the fact that the right to life belongs to the basic constitutional human rights, therefore, its observance and protection is the duty of the state. Despite its undeniable importance, today the right to life anywhere in the world is not really ensured in sufficient quantities. The constitutional consolidation of the right to life raises a number of issues related to the concept, nature, legislative and practical implementation of this right. It should be noted that various aspects of the human right to life were considered in the scientific works of G.B. Romanovsky, O.G. Selikhova, T.M. Fomichenko, A.B. Borisova, V.A. Ershov and other Russian authors. The aim of the study is to study and comparative analysis of the legal content of the constitutional norm that defines the right to life, to comprehend and identify possible problems of the implementation of this right. To achieve this goal, this article discusses relevant issues of ensuring the right to life, proclaimed by Article 20 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and Article 27 of the Constitution of Azerbaijan Republic. The results of a comparative analysis of these constitutional norms and the relevant norms of industry law allow us to determine, that there is no contradiction between Article 20 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the norms of the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation, which imply the death penalty as an exceptional measure of punishment, because a moratorium has been imposed on the death penalty in the Russian Federation since April 16, 1997. However, after the abolition of the death penalty in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1998, there was a discrepancy between parts II and III of Article 27 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the criminal legislation of Azerbaijan Republic that requires the introduction of the necessary changes in the content of the analyzed constitutional norm. The value of the work is determined by the fact that the introduction of appropriate changes will contribute to the further improvement of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the effective implementation of the right to life of everyone.

Рroblems of the Judicialprotecting the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples of the Far East to Traditional Fisheries

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Yakunin D. V. ◽  
◽  
Khromin R. V. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Far East ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Indigenous Minorities ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Traditional Fishing

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problems of protecting the right of indigenous peoples of the Far East to traditional fishing. To improve the legal regulation in this area, according to the author of the article, will allow the development of special procedures for resolving disputes with the participation of indigenous minorities, as well as amending the legislation of the Russian Federation regulating the rules of traditional fishing for indigenous minorities.

Advancing Health Rights in a Globalized World: Responding to Globalization through a Collective Human Right to Public Health

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Mason Meier
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
The Right ◽  
Health Rights ◽  
Globalized World

In confronting the insalubrious ramifications of globalization, human rights scholars and activists have argued for greater national and international responsibility pursuant to the human right to health. Codified seminally in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the right to health proclaims that states bear an obligation to realize the “highest attainable standard” of health for all. However, in pressing for the highest attainable standard for each individual, the right to health has been ineffective in compelling states to address burgeoning inequalities in underlying determinants of health, focusing on individual medical treatments at the expense of public health systems. This article contends that the paradigm of individual health, focused on a right to individual medical care, is incapable of responding to health inequities in a globalized world and thereby hampers efforts to operationalize health rights through public health systems. While the right to health has evolved in international discourse over time, this evolution of the individual right to health cannot address the harmful societal ramifications of economic globalization. Rather than relying solely upon an individual right to medical care, envisioning a collective right to public health – a right applied at the societal level to address underlying determinants of health – would alleviate many of the injurious health inequities of globalization.

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION OF THE INSTITUTION OF PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED WISHES REGARDING MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS IN MEDICAL LAW OF UKRAINE: STATE AND PROSPECTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
G.V. Puchkova ◽  
L.P. Bohutska
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Medical Law ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The Right

The aim. The aim of the article is to study the implementation of the principle of autonomy in the medical law of Ukraine, to determine the compliance of the medical legislation of Ukraine with the specified principle in terms of the exercising of the human right to express wishes for the provision of medical care in the future in case if a patient cannot personally express such wishes. Materials and methods. The authors have studied the European standards and practice of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the right of a person to participate in the decision-making process on the provision of medical care, scientific works of specialists in the field of medical law, dedicated to the patient's right to informed consent to medical intervention, the right to refuse treatment and ethical standards of legal regulation of relations with the participation of patients using the formal-logical method, the method of structural analysis, comparative method and legal modeling. Results. The study has found that there are gaps in the normative regulation of the patient's right to participate in the decision-making process in the provision of medical care, which carries a potential danger of violating the right to respect for private and family life, guaranteed by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Conclusions. It is proposed to eliminate these gaps by ratifying the Oviedo Convention by Ukraine, implementation of the institution of previously expressed wishes in the national legislation, determining the mechanism for drawing up, changing and revoking previously expressed medical directives, the designation an authorized person in case a patient is unable to independently express his or her own wishes for the provision of medical care taking into account the European experience, cultural characteristics of Ukrainian society, the state of functioning of the institutional and legal systems and the level of development of biology and medicine.

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