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CREECA Lecture Series

“Strategic Litigation: Bringing the European Convention for Human Rights to Russia," Anton Burkov, Kennan Institute

Event Details

Date
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Time
4 p.m.
Location
Description
Strategic litigation and the domestication of international human rights law is still quite new for Russia. This talk is based on the the speaker's participation in strategic litigation campaigns conducted a Russian NGO. In order to solve a structural problem, non-governmental staff attorneys were promoting the domestic implementation of human rights guarantees enshrined in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which Russia joined in 1998.

Cost
Free

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