Petrov, V.Y. Formation and historical development of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Abstract: This article is devoted to history and analysis of influence on the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on the development of states, their history and law. Special attention is paid ot the European Convention on Human Rights (formally, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms), and analysis of the claims to the European Court. The article includes analysis of historic development, drafting and adoption of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as the causes of its amendment and the need for additional Protocols. This problem is analyzed with the use of dialectic, historical, systemic, and comparative legal methods. The author considers that currently the Convention develops its protective systems. The Protocols, which came into force, amend and change it, and improve the functions of the European Court on Human Rights as a whole. Based upon the above-mentioned issues, one may draw a conclusion that the decisions of the European Court on Human Rights regarding the states, including the Russian Federation are precedents, and judicial practice of the ECHR in cases regarding the Russian Federation should be recognized as a source of Russian law.

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