ANNA DEMENEVA

ANNA DEMENEVA

1. Education

*Degrees*
*University*	*From*	To	*Degrees. Diplomas obtained*	*Main subjects studied*
Urals State Law Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia	2004	present	Pending	Title of the thesis “Legal consequences of judgments of the European court of human rights for the Russian Federation
Urals State Law Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia	2002	2004	LLM in International and European Law	International public law International Human Rights Law European Law Institutions and procedures of international human rights protection
Urals State Law Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia	1995	2000	Higher legal education	Civil and criminal procedure Constitutional law International law etc.
*Non-degree programs and major trainings*
*Name and place*	*From*	To	*Diplomas obtained*	*Main subjects studied*
John Smith Fellowship Program (Edinburgh, London)	5 June 2006	15 July 2006	Diploma of the participant	Academic program and professional attachment with special field of interest on practice of executing of European Court of Human Rights judgments and rights of people with mental health problems
Independent Psychiatric Association (Individual internship)	April 2005	April 2005	Participant	Practice of the protection of people with problems with mental health
Regional program on human rights (part II) Belgrade, Serbia	September 2005	September 2005	Diploma with distinction	International human rights law, project management
Regional program on human rights (part I) Raoul1 Wallenberg Institute, Lund, Sweden	February 2005	March 2005	Diploma with distinction	International human rights law, project management
Netherlands Helsinki Committee Practical Training on Non-Discrimination and Minority Rights with an emphasis on the European Convention of Human Rights (Netherlands)	November 2004	December 2004	Diploma of the participant	Practice of the European Court of Human Rights
1^st Study session on the European Convention on Human Rights and other European Standards for Persons involved in Legal Assistance to People with Mental Health Problems (Directorate General on Human Rights, MDAC) Strasbourg, France	18 November 2004	20 November 2004	Participant	Practice of the European Court with emphasis on rights of people with mental health problems
International Human Rights Academy (Utrecht, Netherlands)	July 2004	August 2004	Diploma of the participant	International Human Rights Law
Professional attachment at the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France)	June 2003	July 2003	The head of the professional attachment	Structure of the Council of Europe and the ECHR, practice of the Court
USAID program “Support of human rights in Russia” (Chicago, USA)	April 2002	May 2002	Diploma of the participant	Judicial system of the US, conception of the public interest cases and human rights advocacy, study visits to NGOs, state bodies
Internship in the International Centre for the Protection of Human Rights “Interights” (London, UK)	March 2001	May 2001	Participation	Practice of the international organization, project management, fundraising, practice of the European Court of Human Rights

2. Professional experience:

*Name of organization*	*From*	To	*Job Title*	*Description of functions*
Ombudsman of Sverdlovsk Region	2006	present	consultant	Dealing with citizens’ applications, providing for legal consultations, representing people in courts, drafting analytical materials. Specialization: issues of medical aid, rights of patients, rights of people with mental problems, European Court of Human Rights and other international mechanisms of human rights protection, labor rights, discrimination, freedom of religion, rights of disabled
Ural State Law Academy	2006	present	lecturer	Conducting seminars and delivering lectures on International Public Law and Practice of the European Court of Human Rights
Urals Centre for Constitutional and International Human Rights Protection of NGO “Sutyajnik”	2004	present	Project coordinator of educational programs, trainer	Elaborating, organizing and providing for educational programs and internship programs for advocates, lawyers, law students, NGO activists
NGO “Sutyajnik”	1999	2006	Lawyer, project coordinator	Providing for legal consultations, representing people in courts, including European Court of Human Rights, taking cases to the ECHR, strategic litigation in national and international courts, implementing projects, project management, supervising project staff.

3. Key qualifications: Qualified lawyer, experienced in human rights protection. The main directions of activity include: providing for legal consultations, representing people in courts, drafting legal analytical reports, editing books on international human rights protection, conducting trainings and seminars on the International mechanisms of human rights protection and other issues of human rights law. Special fields of specialization: taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights, legal protection of people with mental health problems (for example, I represented the applicant in the case Rakevich v. Russia, judgment of the ECHR 28 October 2003), dealing with issues of executing European Court’s judgments in Russia.

4. Publications

Law Journal Articles in Russian:

1) Demeneva «Strasbourg will judge us now» - The Legal Bulletin (Pravovoi bulleten). October 2000.

2) Demeneva «Defenceless defenders» - Business-advocate (Biznes-advokat). November, 2001

3) Demeneva “Who will protect the advocate?” - The legal newspaper (Yuridicheskaya gazeta). August, 2001.

4) Demeneva “Legal persons as applicants in the European court”//Business-advocate (Biznes-advokat) September 2002.

5) Demeneva “The main violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in judgments of the European Court of Human Rights against Russia. Analysis.” 30/09/2006

http://www.demos-center.ru/projects/6B3771E/70688C12/1158761643

6) Demeneva “Problems of providing for procedural guarantees in the process of psychiatric expertise in Russian criminal justice.”// Independent Psychiatric Bulletin (Nezavisimyi Psikhiatricheskii Zhurnal) N 2. 2006.

7)Demeneva “It is not subject to execution…”//Commersant-Money (Commersant-Den’gi) N 37 2005.

8) Demeneva “Legislative regulation of execution of judgments of European Court of Human Rights in the aspect of its compliance with the European human rights standards.” // Business-Advocate (Biznes-Advokat) N 18 (210) September 2005

9) Demeneva “Right to defense: at the discretion of judges”.// EHRAC Bulletin. Vol. 3. 2005.

10) Demeneva “Case Rakevich v. Russia: legal comment.” // Religion and Law № 4, December 2003.

11) Demeneva “Medical secret: confidentiality for everyone, especially for the patient”// Legal World (Yuridicheskii mir) December 2003.

Law Journal Articles in English:

A. Demeneva, A. Burkov “Probable Legal Consequences of Rakevich v. Russia”, Human Rights Law Review Student Supplement 2003-2004, August 2004, at 7-12

Books:

1) Demeneva, Petranov (eds.) European Court of Human Rights: rules of applying and procedure. (Evropeiskii Sud po pravam cheloveka: pravila obrascheniya i sudoproizvodstva) (Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press 2001). International Human Rights Protection Series, Vol.1. http://www.sutyajnik.ru/rus/library/sborniki/echr_2001.html

2) Demeneva (ed. and co-author) European Standards of right to fair trial and Russian practice (Evropeiskie standarty prava na spravedlivoe sudebnoe razbiratelstvo I rossiiskaya praktika). (Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press 2003). International Human Rights Protection Series, Vol.2. http://www.sutyajnik.ru/rus/library/sborniki/echr2/index.html

3) Demeneva (ed. and co-author) Right to Freedom and Security of the Person: European Standards and Russian Practice. (Pravo na svobodu I lichnuyu neprikosnovennost: European standards and Russian practice). (Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press 2003). International Human Rights Protection Series, Vol.3. http://www.sutyajnik.ru/rus/library/sborniki/echr3/index.htm

4) Demeneva, Right to Life in Russian Legislation and Practice (Pravo na zhizn v rossiiskom zakonodatelstve I pravoprimenitelnoi praktike), a chapter in Beliaev (ed.) The Right to Life, Prohibition of Tortures, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: European Standards, Russian Legislation and Practice. (Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press 2005). Judicial Practice and Human Rights Series, Vol.4. http://sutyajnik.ru/rus/library/sborniki/echr4/

5) Demeneva, Problems of the executing of European Court’s judgments in the Russian Federation, a chapter in Churkina (ed.) The Obligations of States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights to Execute Judgments of the European Court. (Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press 2005). Judicial Practice and Human Rights Series, Vol.5.

6) Demeneva, Experience and Recommendations on Applying of the European Convention on Human Rights in Russian Courts, Protection of Right to Hearing by Court established by law - chapters in Burkov, ed., Domestic application of the European Convention on Human Rights in Russian Courts (Primenenie Evropeiskoi Konvencii o Zaschite Prav Cheloveka v Sudah Rossii) (Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press 2006), 210-220, http://sutyajnik.ru/rus/library/sborniki/echr6/release_eng.htm ISBN 5-7525-1570-X

7) Demeneva, Burkov(eds.), The Constitution of the Russian Federation: 10 years of Implementation. Digest of cases on the Implementation of the Russian Constitution. (Yekaterinburg, Ural University Press 2004). Judicial Practice and Human Rights Series, Vol.1. ISBN 5-7525-1230-1.

5. Language skills: Russian (native), English (fluent)

6. Participation in major trainings and seminars as a trainer and expert:

Name and place	Dates	Additional information on the event
“Articles 5 and 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms” (Kiev, Ukraine, ABA Rule of Law Initiative)	15-17 June 2007	http://sutyajnik.org/3/5.html
"Applying of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”(Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Council of Europe, Rostov Centre for civil education)	7-8 December 2006	http://sutyajnik.ru/cgi-bin/actions.php?action_id=9359
“European Court of Hyman Rights and Russian practice” (Vladivistok, Russia, ABA CEELI)	25-28 May 2006	http://sutyajnik.ru/cgi-bin/actions.php?action_id=5372
«Mechanism of realization and protection of right to freedom of expression» (Voronezh Mass Media Defence Center)	February 2006	http://mmdc.narod.ru/photoarchive/seminar-10-02-2006.html
Summer School on Human Rights (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)	July 2005	http://www.lawclinic.ru/hotnews.phtml?p=1&t=268
Summer School on Human Rights “Public Interest Law” (Tver, Russia)	2-7 July 2005	http://sutyajnik.ru/news/2005/06/69.html
“Jury in Russia: lawyers’ practical skills” (Khabarovsk, Russia)	18-31 May 2005	http://sutyajnik.ru/rus/news/2005/05/23-2.htm
Rules of applying to the European Court of Human Rights and ECHR practice (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia)	March 2004
Constitutional and International Mechanisms of Human Rights Protection (Ekaterinburg, Russia, Kurgan Human Rights Center)	July 2003
«Strategy and techniques of human rights protection” (Tumen, Russia)	November 2003

"Applying of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”(Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Council of Europe, Rostov Centre for civil education)