A draft law on constitutional amendments aimed at abolition of the Supreme Commercial Court
Russian President V.Putin submitted to the State Duma a law on constitutional amendments aimed at creation of a single Supreme Court on the basis of current Supreme Commercial Court and the Supreme Court of Russia
The Supreme Court of Russia publishes on its web site a collection of ECHR precedents regarding the application of Art 5(3) of the European Convention
The Supreme Court of Russia publishes on its web site a collection of ECHR precedents regarding the application of Art 5(3) of the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, according to which everyone arrested or detained shall be brought promptly before a court. More detail
A pilot issue of a herald of the presidential Council on Human Rights "Precedents and Legal Positions"
The Council for Development of Civil Society and Human Rights attached to the President of Russia publishes a pilot issue of its herald "Precedents and Legal Positions". More detail
A special issue of Constitutional Justice Journal on the law of precedent
An issue of Constitutional Justice Journal (2013. № 4) devoted to the law of precedent has appeared in print. It contains articles written by Constitutional Court Justices (G.Gadzhiev, K.Aranovskiy, S.Knyazev) and other specialists (М.Antonov, A.Vereshchagin, P.Blokhin). More detail
Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of Russia
Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of Russia adopted a decree “On the Application by Courts of General Jurisdiction of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from 4 November 1950 and Its Protocols”, in which the Supreme Court articulated its view on the application of the precedents of the European Court of Human Rights in Russia. More detail here.
Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum
Russian President Vladimir Putin, when addressing the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, proposed to merge the Supreme Court and the Supreme Commercial Court of Russia into a single court, and to make amendments to the Russian Constitution for this purpose. For more detail see here.
Interview to the Russian daily Kommersant the Chairman of the Supreme Commercial Court Anton Ivanov
In an interview to the Russian daily Kommersant the Chairman of the Supreme Commercial Court Anton Ivanov touches upon the issue of judicial precedents. More detail here.
The Ways for Improvement of Law-Making Activities of the Supreme Commercial Court of Russia
Discussion on an article by Alexander Vereshchagin, Artem Karapetov and Yuly Tay “The Ways for Improvement of Law-Making Activities of the Supreme Commercial Court of Russia” to be published in the sixth issue of the “Herald of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation”. The text of the article, reviews, audio and video of the event may be found here; event coverage by D.Smolnikov on Zakon.ru web portal – here, a speech by Prof. Artem Karapetov on the subject of the article in the TV programme “Law Thursday” - here.
Meeting of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation
21 May 2013 – in the meeting of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation the issue of legal precedent and uniformity of court practice has been discussed. See more detail in the event coverage by Olga Pleshanova from Zakon.ru web portal here.
III Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum
III Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum took place, within which there was a round table “The Role of Judicial Discretion: Russian and Foreign Experience”, with participation of Alexander Vereshchagin, Andrey Egorov, Artem Karapetov, Sergey Sarbash and other specialists. A press release on the event may be found here, an event coverage by V.Bagaev (Zakon.ru web portal) – here, video (with English translation) – here.