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Read more about the article Tamara Morshchakova: Unless we create a security system that protects humanity – the most fragile thing in the world – we might all perish. All together or one by one.

Tamara Morshchakova: Unless we create a security system that protects humanity – the most fragile thing in the world – we might all perish. All together or one by one.

31 March 2022 an interview with Tamara Morshchakova, a legal expert and former juddge of the Russian Constitutional Court Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Вечерние ведомости] Former Russian Federation Constitutional…

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Read more about the article Aleksandr Podrabinek: Valery Zorkin, annexation of Crimea and the death penalty

Aleksandr Podrabinek: Valery Zorkin, annexation of Crimea and the death penalty

29 December 2021 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV Yesterday, the website of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation published a book by the chair of the Court, Valery Zorkin,…

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Read more about the article Boris Vishnevsky on the legislation on ‘undesirable organisations’: “The former Constitutional Court would simply abolish these laws.”

Boris Vishnevsky on the legislation on ‘undesirable organisations’: “The former Constitutional Court would simply abolish these laws.”

11 June 2021 by Boris Vishnevsky, member of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly and Moscow Helsinki Group Prize laureate Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Echo Moskvy] The Duma Committee…

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Read more about the article Karinna Moskalenko: “If I am convinced of my position, and I am unable to protect human rights at the national level, then I go to the European Court of Human Rights.”

Karinna Moskalenko: “If I am convinced of my position, and I am unable to protect human rights at the national level, then I go to the European Court of Human Rights.”

Karinna Moskalenko 26 April 2021 An extract Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] S. Kriuchkov: [...] Based on the everyday realities of many of our compatriots today, there…

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Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky: What the Constitutional Court’s ruling on domestic violence really means – and what it has to do with the ‘Dadin’ article

Leonid Nikitinsky: What the Constitutional Court’s ruling on domestic violence really means – and what it has to do with the ‘Dadin’ article

9 April 2021 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya Gazeta columnist, member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation on Human Rights, and recipient of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize for…

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Read more about the article Podcast No. 64: Simon & Sergei – with Sergei Golubok

Podcast No. 64: Simon & Sergei – with Sergei Golubok

This week our guest on the podcast is Sergei Golubok, a lawyer [advokat] from St. Petersburg. The topics we discuss on the podcast include: how to become a lawyer; lawyers…

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Read more about the article Olga Sidorovich: Judges were and will be interested in having high quality and professional opinions of experts

Olga Sidorovich: Judges were and will be interested in having high quality and professional opinions of experts

22 February 2021 An interview with Olga Sidorovich, director of the Institute of Law and Public Policy, on amicus curiae in the Constitutional Court, by Marina Tsareva of Kommersant Source:…

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Read more about the article Constitutional Court decides to do away with the practice of ‘amicus curiae’

Constitutional Court decides to do away with the practice of ‘amicus curiae’

4 February 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group The Constitutional Court has removed the practice of ‘amicus curiae’ (‘friends of the court’) from its rules of procedure - Paragraph 34.1 on…

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Read more about the article Boris Vishnevsky: The Constitutional Court has allowed a little violation of the Constitution, if it is very necessary

Boris Vishnevsky: The Constitutional Court has allowed a little violation of the Constitution, if it is very necessary

30 December 2020 By Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St Petersburg, Moscow Helsinki Group prize laureate Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] The Constitutional Court published…

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Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky: A “Lepers’ Constitution”

Leonid Nikitinsky: A “Lepers’ Constitution”

3 December 2020 Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya gazeta correspondent, member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civil Society, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights Source:…

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