Osipyan B.A. Legal ability to protect the rights of Russian citizens in the European Court of Human Rights

Abstract: This article reviews a number of legal measures aimed at the more effective international legal defense of the constitutional rights and liberties of individuals in Russia. The proposed measures pertain not only to the solutions of problems associated with improvements to the domestic mechanisms of protection of the human rights and liberties, but also improvements to the actual work of the European Court of Human Rights. The author suggests the following measures concerning the ECtHR: the improvements of the procedure of ECtHR in order to shorten the term of a trial; improvements to the structural branches and functions of the ECtHR itself; strengthening of the coordination and control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights; regular informing of the representatives various branches of Russia’s government authorities on the rulings of the ECtHR. The author also proposes a number of measures on a national level: specific measures on improving the work of different branches of the government of the Russian Federation; measures on improvements to the legislation and other normative acts that pertain to implementation of the ECtHR rulings.

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