Russia and the European Court of Human Rights: The Strasbourg Effect

ISBN-13: 9781108415736 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 440 str.

Lauri Malksoo; Wolfgang Benedek

Opis

A critical examination of the effect of the European Court of Human Rights on Russia's approach to human rights.

Recenzje

'All in all, the volume displayed offers a wealth of food for thought and a basis for discussion.' Dr. Armin Stolz, Deutsch-Russische Rechtszeitschrift

Spis treści

Introduction: Russia, Strasbourg and the paradox of a human rights backlash Lauri Mälksoo; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Russia in the Council of Europe: participation a la carte Petra Roter; Part II. Interaction between the ECtHR and Russian Courts: 2. The use of European human rights law in Russian courts Anton Burkov; 3. ECtHR and the Russian Constitutional Court: duet or duel? Sergei Marochkin; 4. The Russian Constitutional Court and the Strasbourg court: judicial pragmatism in a dual state Alexei Trochev; 5. Philosophy behind human rights: Valery Zorkin vs the West Mikhail Antonov; 6. Russia's cases in the ECtHR and the question of socialization Bill Bowring; 7. Russia's impact on the Strasbourg system: as seen by two former judges of the European Court of Human Rights Elisabet Fura and Rait Maruste; Part III. Specific Rights and Violations: Case Studies: 8. Egregious human rights violations in Chechnya: the continuing pursuit of justice Philip Leach; 9. Property rights in Russia: reconsidering the socialist legal tradition Vladislav Starzhenetskiy; 10. LGBT rights in Russia and European human rights standards Dmitri Bartenev; 11. Nativist ideological responses to European/liberal human rights discourses in contemporary Russia Benedikt Harzl; General conclusions Wolfgang Benedek.