Shugrina, E.S. Problems of use of international legal mechanisms in the sphere of protection of the right to the local government.

Abstract: The Constitution of the Russian Federation provides for the possibility of using international legal mechanisms in the protection of law. Thus, in accordance with part 4 of Article 15, the generally recognized principles and norms of international law and international treaties of the Russian Federation are an integral part of its legal system. Moreover, if an international treaty of the Russian Federation establishes rules other than those provided for by law, then the rules of the international treaty apply. Part 3 of Article 46 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation provides that everyone has the right, in accordance with international treaties of the Russian Federation, to apply to interstate bodies for the protection of human rights and freedoms if all available domestic remedies have been exhausted. As the author notes, both mechanisms provided for in the Russian Constitution are actively applied to the protection of the right to exercise local self-government in the Russian Federation, the article provides a more detailed analysis of the above aspects, examines the judicial practice of both the Russian and the European Court of Human Rights.