Human Rights in the Russian Court System

Date and Time
Friday, April 27, 2007
4:30 p.m.

Location
Boston Bar Association
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108

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Anton Burkov, an attorney in Russia, will discuss implementation of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by the domestic courts of the Russian Federation.  He will discuss both theory and practice of Russian human rights NGOs.  Specifically, he will provide:

• an introduction on the court system in Russia
• background on the work of Sutyajnik, the human rights news agency he set up in 2002
• information on several key human rights cases tried in the Russian courts which best demonstrate how the Human Rights Convention is applied in Russia

During his nine years of practice as a human rights lawyer with the Urals Centre of Constitutional and International Human Rights Protection of the NGO Sutyajnik (Solicitor), Mr. Burkov litigated cases in district and regional courts, the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.  Presently, he serves as a legal representative in a number of cases before the European Court of Human Rights.

In 2000, Burkov was awarded a city-wide legal prize: the "Profi-Yekaterinburg" in the category of jurisprudence. In 2001 he was awarded the highest legal prize in Russia, the "FEMIDA" award, "for contributions toward the creation of a democratic society and the development of state legal institutions."

Sponsored by the International Public Law, Policy & Human Rights Committee.

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