| Description |
1 online resource (30 pages) |
| Contents |
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- Background -- Introduction of the 2012 Amendments to the NGO Law -- Environment in which cases were heard -- The Constitutional Court Ruling -- Application of the amendments in court proceedings -- New Amendments to the NGO Law in 2014 -- CHAPTER II. CASES OBSERVED BY THE ICJ -- Women of Don -- Vykhod (Coming Out) -- Human Rights Defense Centre Memorial -- Public Verdict -- CHAPTER III . LEGAL ANALYSIS -- The right to equality of arms -- Admissibility of evidence -- Assessment of evidence and arguments -- Reasons for Decisions -- Consistency of the judgments with the judgment of the Constitutional Court -- Reasoning relating to human rights concerns raised by the parties -- Retroactive application -- Arbitrariness of interpretation of the term "foreign agent" -- Impediment to an effective appeal and the right to an effective remedy -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
The Court Proceedings in "Foreign Agents" cases report on trial observations analyses four cases concerning the implementation of the 2012 Amendments to the Russian NGO Law. It is based on court hearings observed by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in 2013-2014 in each of these cases, as well as information provided by lawyers and NGOs in Russia. The report assesses the compliance of the hearings the ICJ observed with the right to a fair hearing as guaranteed under international human rights instruments including the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights or ECHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), treaties to which Russia is a party, and with which it is thus bound to comply. The report focuses, in particular on some aspects in the proceedings which gave rise to concern that the right to a fair hearing was being breached.-- Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover. (International Commission of Jurists, viewed June 20, 2016) |
| Subject |
Non-governmental organizations -- Law and legislation -- Russia (Federation)
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Foreign agents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Russia (Federation)
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Courts -- Russia (Federation)
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Due process of law -- Russia (Federation)
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Fair trial -- Russia (Federation)
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Human rights -- Russia (Federation)
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Courts.
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Due process of law.
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Fair trial.
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Foreign agents -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Human rights.
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Non-governmental organizations -- Law and legislation.
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Russia (Federation)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Commission of Jurists (1952- ), issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9789290372073 |
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9290372079 |
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