The Battle for Human Rights in Russia

Russian human rights and civil rights are continuous fights in many ways. The recent presidential election is almost the same as the joke that the election may receive. Russia has a very specific constitution, but it is not practically implemented, and citizens are deprived of their rights. Activists attempting to exercise constitutional rights were beaten and had no opportunity to counter the law enforcement's misconduct. Considering the next winter Olympics to be held in Russia in 2014, the government robbed another citizen's rights and found another excuse to infringe.

As a member of the European Commission and as a member of the European Convention on Human Rights, Russia has an international obligation related to human rights issues. In the 2004 report on the situation of Russia, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the European Council said, "The major change after the collapse of the Soviet Union can not be denied." From 2004 to 2014, a Russian ombudsman, Vladimir Lukin is a difficult process in the establishment of a country dominated by law and civil society in complex countries such as Russia. As a long process former politician and diplomat, Lukin was first replaced by Ella Pamfilova and then by the Interior Minister and Professor Tatyana Moskalkova in April 2016.

As a successor to the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation continues to see these human rights documents (through the Soviet Union), the "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights" and the "International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" ). Since 1998, Strasbourg's European Human Rights Court has become the last appellate court from the Russian citizen's justice system. According to Chapter 1 of the First Chapter of the Constitution adopted in Russia in December 1993, enforcement of these international laws will take precedence over domestic law. However, with the second president of President Vladimir Putin (2004 - 2008), reports of human rights violations are increasing more and more.

In just three years since Russia joined the European Commission of European Human Rights Club in 1996, President Vladimir Putin held power. Records of cooperation between Russia and human rights institutions are consistent with Putin's record. It is not a good thing, and I am worried more and more in recent years. Yes, he won the election, but he failed to pass the human rights test which should set the standard for Europe's best human rights institution. However, European Commission Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland blessed quickly the re-election of President Putin in a letter sent on Monday, 19th March. This is shortly after the OSCE election monitoring committee concluded that the presidential election took place in "a well-regulated legal and political environment with ongoing pressure on criticism".