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Russian Constitutional court denies enforcement of ECHR decision on Yukos
By 25 January, 2017 1 Comments Read More →

Russian Constitutional court denies enforcement of ECHR decision on Yukos

On 19 January 2017 Russian Constitutional Court came to the conclusion that the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (the ECHR) on compensation payment of more than €1.866 bln on Yukos case violates the Russian Constitution and cannot be enforced. This is the first case in which the Court has followed its 14 […]

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Constitutional Court to Decide on Enforceability of ECtHR Judgments in Russia
By 16 December, 2015 0 Comments Read More →

Constitutional Court to Decide on Enforceability of ECtHR Judgments in Russia

On 14 December 2015, the Russian President signed a federal law endowing the Russian Constitutional Court with new authorities. According to the new law, the Russian Constitutional Court will have jurisdiction to deny enforcement of international human rights judgments incompatible with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Upon the request of certain authorised governmental bodies, the Constitutional Court will decide […]

Posted in: ECtHR, Public International Law