European Court of Human Rights Archives

Read more about the article Ilya Shablinsky: Protection of civil rights in a grey area. Russia has withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which is very convenient for the bureaucracy, but harmful to all Russians

Ilya Shablinsky: Protection of civil rights in a grey area. Russia has withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which is very convenient for the bureaucracy, but harmful to all Russians

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 29, 2022
Post category:Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights Ilya Shablinsky Judicial System Legal Experts Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
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15 June 2022 by Ilya Shablinsky, legal expert and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Независимая газета] On 11 June a law came into force…

Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky: The Swan Song of the European Court of Human Rights – the Strasbourg Court’s decision on the complaints from ‘foreign agent’ NGOs was both an encyclopedia of state tyranny and a collection of amusing stories from Russian ‘legal life’

Leonid Nikitinsky: The Swan Song of the European Court of Human Rights – the Strasbourg Court’s decision on the complaints from ‘foreign agent’ NGOs was both an encyclopedia of state tyranny and a collection of amusing stories from Russian ‘legal life’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 24, 2022
Post category:European Court of Human Rights Journalists Leonid Nikitinsky Novaya gazeta Right of Association
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16 June 2022 by Leonid Nikitinsky, journalist, doctor of jurisprudence, and laureate of the MKhG [Moscow Helsinki Group] human rights prize, special to Novaya Gazeta. Europe Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

Mikhail Fedotov: ‘An independent court is a good thing―but double-edged’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 16, 2022
Post category:CIS Commonwealth of Independent States Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights Judicial System Legal Experts Mikhail Fedotov
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3 June 2022 Mikhail Fedotov, a lawyer and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rights prize, talks about how Russia could create a supranational human rights body to replace…

Elena Lukyanova: This is a state not bound by law

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 15, 2022
Post category:Constitution Council of Europe Elena Lukyanova European Court of Human Rights International Law Legal Experts
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8 June 2022 Aleksandr Zhelenin interviewed Elena Lukyanova for Rosbalt Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Rosbalt] "Russians are now going to live in a closed space, cut off from all…

Read more about the article Sergei Babinets: In the light of recent events […] there will be no payments, naturally, just as there will be no changes when it comes to liberalizing legislation on civil society organizations

Sergei Babinets: In the light of recent events […] there will be no payments, naturally, just as there will be no changes when it comes to liberalizing legislation on civil society organizations

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 15, 2022
Post category:Committee Against Torture European Court of Human Rights Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Defenders Right of Association Sergei Babinets
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14 June 2022 by Sergei Babinets, a human rights lawyer who until recently was chair person of the Committee Against Torture. He currently heads the Team against Torture Source: Facebook…

OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 257: Remove the witnesses

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 13, 2022
Post category:Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights FSB Network Case OVD-Info Rights Groups in Russia Ukraine
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12 June 2022 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

Karinna Moskalenko: And Europe should learn its lessons from this too

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 3, 2022
Post category:Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights Facebook Human Rights Lawyers Karinna Moskalenko Ukraine War
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28 May 2022 by Karinna Moskalenko Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Facebook] The International Protection Centre has received notification from the European Court of Human Rights that the long-awaited…

Read more about the article Karinna Moskalenko: Learn lessons and start a new drive to join the Council of Europe. But, first of all, the current madness must be stopped

Karinna Moskalenko: Learn lessons and start a new drive to join the Council of Europe. But, first of all, the current madness must be stopped

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 1, 2022
Post category:Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights Human Rights Lawyers Karinna Moskalenko Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Russia Ukraine War
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20 May 2022 by Karinna Moskalenko, human rights lawyer and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Фейсбук] There is a “Ministerial” in Turin (Italy) today…

Rights in Russia interview – with Lisa Sundstrom on Russia, civil society, human rights and international law

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 27, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights Lawyers International Law Judicial System Lisa Sundstrom Lisa Sundstrom interview Mary Page Rights in Russia Interview Ukraine War
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Mary Page Lisa Sundstrom Mary Page talks with Lisa Sundstrom, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia where she teaches courses in international…

Aleksandr Podrabinek: A Step Forwards

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 23, 2022
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek European Court of Human Rights Human Rights Defenders International Court of Justice International Criminal Court International Law Journalists Ukraine Vot-Tak.TV War
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19 May 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-tak.tv A bill is being drafted in the US Senate which will give American courts the right to try war crimes committed abroad,…