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No. 3 (2024): Law & Social Bonds Nr 4 (50) 2024

Cooperation of the Constitutional Court and the Russian Federation and the European Court of Human Rights in 1998-2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.36128/PRIW.VI50.400
Submitted
March 17, 2022
Published
2024-08-21

Abstract

Russia recognized the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights in 1998. Initially the cooperation between the Russian judiciary and the Court developed well. The rulings of the Court were executed, the Russian law as amended in accordance with the European standards. Since 2010 the situation has changed significantly. The Russian authorities started to emphasize Constitutional Court’s „sovereignty” and to neglect Court’s rulings. The following paper aims to identify two periods in the cooperation of the Russian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights. Particular attention was paid to the legal mechanisms that were adopted by the Constitutional Court in order not to carry out rulings of the European Court. The Constitutional Court of Russia expressed a thesis that international treaties and international court’s decisions in the hierarchy of the sources of law occupy a position below the Constitution. Consecutively, it was confirmed by the amendments to the bill on the Constitutional Court and the Constitution of Russia. In 2022 Russia lost membership in the Council of Europe what means the abandonment of the European legal order. There is no doubt that in the Russian Federation the status of the international treaties, including the European Convention of Human Rights, depends on the political situation in this country and Russia’s authorities’ attitude towards cooperation with the international community.

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