Konstantin Dobrynin: “Russia is part of Europe; it’s not some backwater”

4 May 2022 by Konstantin Dobrynin, lawyer [advokat] Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Росбалт] Debates over the practicality of establishing new judicial or quasi-judicial bodies along the model of the…

Continue ReadingKonstantin Dobrynin: “Russia is part of Europe; it’s not some backwater”

Bill Bowring: Legal and human rights aspects of the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine

4 April 2022 by Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College, University of London, Barrister Intervention at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Committee on Legal Affairs…

Continue ReadingBill Bowring: Legal and human rights aspects of the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine

Podcast No. 104. Simon & Sergei – with Kirill Koroteev

Our guest on the podcast this week is the lawyer Kirill Koroteev, head of international legal practice of Agora International Human Rights Group. Previously, Kirill worked as legal director at…

Continue ReadingPodcast No. 104. Simon & Sergei – with Kirill Koroteev

Igor Kochetkov: Council of Europe — Russia: Time to say Goodbye

18 March 2022  by Igor Kochetkov Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: журнал "Будущее" на платформе Republic] Something happened that has not happened for a very long time: the positions of…

Continue ReadingIgor Kochetkov: Council of Europe — Russia: Time to say Goodbye

Roman Kiselev: ‘Citizens will no longer have access to a court of last resort in Strasbourg.’ Five questions about Russia’s withdrawal from the Council of Europe

16 March 2022 Source Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: online publication "7х7"] Russia has withdrawn from the Council of Europe. The country’s membership in the organisation ceased on 16 March. What…

Continue ReadingRoman Kiselev: ‘Citizens will no longer have access to a court of last resort in Strasbourg.’ Five questions about Russia’s withdrawal from the Council of Europe

The last train to Strasbourg leaves on 15 September. Karinna Moskalenko in conversation with Leonid Nikitinsky

20 March 2022 Leonid Nikitinsky in conversation with Karinna Moskalenko Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: "Новая газета"] The European Court will continue to consider applications by Russians that have already…

Continue ReadingThe last train to Strasbourg leaves on 15 September. Karinna Moskalenko in conversation with Leonid Nikitinsky

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…

Continue ReadingKarinna 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.”