Contents

List of Appendices                                                                            8

Foreword by Françoise Hampson                                                       9

Preface                                                                                            13

Introduction                                                                                      19

I        The Mechanism by which the Convention Is Implemented
by Russian Courts                                                                             23

1)      The Russian Constitution and Federal Legislation
on the Domestic Status of the Convention                                  23

2)      Legislation and Subordinate Law on the Mechanism
of the Convention’s Implementation                                           26

II       Assessment of the Convention’s Implementation in Courts
of Different Levels and Jurisdictions                                                   33

1)      The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation                     35

2)      Constitutional (Charter) Courts of the Subjects
of the Russian Federation                                                        44

3)      The Courts of General Jurisdiction

(“Ordinary” Courts)                                                                 46

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation                46

District and High Courts                                                52

4)      Arbitration (Commercial) Courts                                               66

III      Assessment of the Obstacles to Domestic Implementation
of the Convention and Proposed Means to Overcome Them                69

1)      Impartiality                                                                             69

2)      Professionalism                                                                      72

3)      Motivation                                                                              78

Conclusions                                                                                    83

Appendices                                                                                    87

Bibliography                                                                                  137

About the Author                                                                           151
 

List of Appendices

1)      Statute of the Council of Europe (extract)                                          87

2)      Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Funda-
mental Freedoms as amended by Protocol no. 11 (extract)                88

3)      Recommendation Rec(2004)4 of the Committee of Ministers
to member states on the European Convention on Human
Rights in university education and professional training                     89

4)      Recommendation Rec(2004)5 of the Committee of Ministers
to member states on the verification of the compatibility of
draft laws, existing laws and administrative practice with
the standards laid down in the European Convention
on Human Rights                                                                           97

5)      Recommendation Rec(2004)6 of the Committee of Ministers
to member states on the improvement of domestic remedies            105

6)      The Constitution of the Russian Federation (extract)                        114

7)      Federal Constitutional Law of the Russian Federation

no. 1-FKZ of 31 December 1996 On the Judicial System

of the Russian Federation (extract)                                                119

8)      Federal Law of the Russian Federation no. 101-FZ of
15 July 1995 On the International Treaties of the
Russian Federation (extract)                                                         120

9)      Federal Law of the Russian Federation no. 54-FZ of
30 March 1998 On Ratification of the Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
and Protocols Thereto                                                                 122

10)    Regulation no. 5 of 10 October 2003 Adopted by the Plenum
of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation On the
Application by Courts of General Jurisdiction of the
Generally recognized Principles and Norms of
International Law and the International Treaties
of the Russian Federation                                                           124

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