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28/06/2021
Published by Vladimir Shvedov at 28/06/2021
In an exclusive interview for Legal Dialogue, lawyer Tatyana Glushkova and journalist Vladimir Shvedov discuss the multiple forms of 'foreign agent' labels in Russia today and their implications for those affected.
03/05/2021
Published by Anastasia Zakharova at 03/05/2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation has become an important problem that threatens the health and even lives of people. But where is the line to be drawn between the fight against the spread of disinformation and the attack on free speech?
31/03/2021
Published by Yana Stepaniuk at 31/03/2021
How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of prisoners, disabled people, and refugees At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring […]
22/02/2021
Published by Anna Laletina at 22/02/2021
A year ago, Berlin passed the Mietendeckel, "a rent cap law". How does it work today and what do city residents and landlords think about it?
11/01/2021
Published by Simon Cosgrove at 11/01/2021
How are Brexit and human rights related? Simon Cosgrove, the Chair of the Trustees of "Rights in Russia", in his column reflects on how Britain's exit from the EU has impacted the present and future of human rights.
22/12/2020
Published by Rasa Puzinaite at 22/12/2020
Today, a number of European states allow the descendants of people who fled their home countries in the 30-40s of the 20th century, or even in the 15th century, to restore their lost European citizenship. How do these legal initiatives work in practice? Can they remedy the injustices of the past?
23/11/2020
Published by Julia Saberova at 23/11/2020
Massive political repression in the USSR peaked in the late 1930s, but the descendants of the repressed are still fighting to restore the honest name of their ancestors and are trying to return home from their places of exile, to where their families were expelled decades ago.
09/11/2020
Published by Viktoria Berezyuk at 09/11/2020
On January 2020, President Putin called for amending the Russian Constitution to establish its precedence over supranational judicial bodies, meaning, primarily, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Interestingly, this was not a new idea: Russian legal experts who for many years have been suggesting such an amendment to the Constitution had referred to German precedent.
09/10/2020
Published by Anna Wójcik at 09/10/2020
Under the European Convention on Human Rights, states must guarantee free and open debates about the past. Yet, with the rise of memory laws, the right to free expression has been endangered.
16/09/2020
Published by Mateusz Bajek at 16/09/2020
In August 2019, several international organisations received a request to send observers to monitor elections in Moscow and St. Petersburg. But the attempt to involve international observers in these elections ended in failure: international observation of the nationwide single voting day on 8 September, 2019, was not implemented.
28/08/2020
Published by Theresa Bender-Säbelkampf at 28/08/2020
Russia still has no domestic violence legislation. Will the case of the Khachaturian sisters, three girls who have been subjected to abuse by their father for many years, become a turning point in the adoption of such a law?
23/07/2020
Published by Leonid Abgadzhava at 23/07/2020
What is the future of Russian citizens extradited from EU countries to their homeland? According to the European Convention on Human Rights and European human rights case law, a country attempting to extradite an accused person must assess the risks that the person may face. But do the European courts assess these risks correctly?
07/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 07/12/2017
The government has passed a reform that will put the burden of paying social costs on employees.
Source: euro|topics
07/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 07/12/2017
Germany's top court required parliament to legally recognize a "third gender" from birth, potentially making it the first European country to offer intersex people the option of identifying as neither male nor female.
Source: thelocal.de
14/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 14/12/2017
The only criteria to consider a media as ‘foreign agent’ will be its funding.
Source: vedomosti.ru
14/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 14/12/2017
Deal to allow a small number of prisoners to vote brings to an end a 12-year standoff between Strasbourg and London.
Source: theguardian.com
14/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 14/12/2017
European commission says it is suing country over laws on education and foreign-backed civil society organisations.
Source: theguardian.com
14/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 14/12/2017
The European Commission decided to refer the three countries to the Court of Justice of the EU for non-compliance with their legal obligations on relocation.
Source: europa.eu
14/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 14/12/2017
Same-sex couples in Austria will be able to legally marry from 2019.
Source: bbc.com
14/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 14/12/2017
After the court decision comes into force, Roscomnadzor will have reasons for blocking the messenger in Russia.
Source: meduza.io
19/12/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 19/12/2017
The EU has criticised the amendments for endangering the independence of the judges and giving corrupt parliamentarians immunity from prosecution.
Source: eurotopics.net