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Seminar

On 26 August, 2010 in St. Petersburg a seminar was organized to discuss the results of the monitoring of the hearings in the magistrate courts, which was implemented in the second component of the Project on Access to Justice. The seminar brought together magistrate justices, participated in the monitoring, the President of Leningrad Regional Court, Irina Lodyzhenskaya, representatives of the Government of Leningrad region, members of the working group of the Project and representatives of the Agency “Expertiza”, the monitoring executive company.

New Project with participation of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation New Project with participation of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

In June 2010, the Institute of Law and Public Policy launched a new project supported by the US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF). This project is the first attempt undertaken within the scope of Russian-American cooperation to establish direct partnership relations between the Justices of the Constitutional Court of Russia and American judges, to create a common discussion and organize exchange of experience on such issues as the rule of law and correlation of public and private interests in solving economic disputes.

New issue of the “Comparative Constitutional Review” journal № 3(76) 2010 New issue of the “Comparative Constitutional Review” journal № 3(76) 2010

The new issue of the “Comparative Constitutional Review” journal № 3(76) 2010 came out. Human rights in Europe became one of the main topics of this issue. You will find some extremely interesting materials written by Adam Bodnar, Mark Elliott, Janneke Gerards and Hanneke Senden. In column “Case Law” you can find the unique informational material by Yana Tsimbalova and Pavel Laptev, which have the full information about the statistics of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights against Russia.

Convocation of the Working Group of Coordination Board Project “Access to Justice” Convocation of the Working Group of Coordination Board  Project “Access to Justice”

On the 1st of July the Institute of Law and Public Policy convened a working group of the Coordination Board, which is responsible for the strategic management of the Project on access to justice. Among the key participants of the session were: Tatyana Margolina, Ombudsman of Perm Region, Vladimir Valyaninov, President of the Perm Regional Court, Igor Orlov, Minister of Public Security of Perm Region, Olga Tsodikovich, Deputy Chair of the Judiciary Council of Perm Region, Larisa Soboleva, Assistant to the President of Perm Regional Court ...

 

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XIII INTERNATIONAL FORUM
ON CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW

In the year of 60th anniversary of the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN THE XXI CENTURY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION

November 18-20, 2010
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
St.-Petersburg, Senate Square, 1


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International conference
“LEGAL AID IN CIVIL MATTERS – MODELS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: INTERNATIONAL AND RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE”

December 3-4, 2010
Moscow, Russia

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Seminars in St. Petersburg and Perm to Discuss the Results of the Court Hearings Monitoring

On 26 and 30 August, 2010 the Institute of Law and Public Policy together with the Agency “Expertise” organizes two seminars in St. Petersburg and Perm accordingly to discuss the first results of the monitoring conducted in Leningrad and Perm regions within the second component "Improving courts' treatment of poor litigants in the civil process" of the Project on Strengthening Access to Justice.

Seminar in Perm

On 31 August, 2010 the Institute of Law and Public Policy organizes a seminar in Perm on recent legislative developments in housing law for the consultants of the legal aid centers, created within the Project “Access to Justice”. The seminar will take place in the conference hall “Consul” of the hotel “Ural” from 12.00 to 17.00

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