10 May 2010
Russia and the European Court of Human Rights
Reform of the Court and of Russian Judicial Practice?
The main news from the Russian judicial system over the past months has been the ratification by the Duma, on 15 January 2010, of Protocol 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This means that long-awaited reform of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) can now begin. This reform aims, inter alia, to improve the independence of ECHR judges, through the extension of their terms of office from six to nine years, and to speed up the handling of cases. Russia was the last of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe to ratify Protocol 14, and so it now enters into force for all member states.
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