There are made changes to Position about the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court under human rights - the deputy minister of justice of the Russian Federation
By
the RF President Decree from December, 14th, 2008 N 1771
(document is in Russian) there are maked changes to Position
about the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European
Court under human rights according to which a number of additional
functions is assigned to the Representative of the Russian Federation,
and also there are specified the requirements to the person,
holding a post of the Representative of the Russian Federation.
The Representative of the Russian Federation at the European
Court under human rights is appointed the President of the Russian
Federation on representation of the Chairman of the Government
of the Russian Federation from among the persons having the
higher juridical education and owning one of official languages
of the Council of Europe; the requirement about that the given
person was from among federal civil servants is thus excluded.
In addition functions are assigned to the Representative on
preparation of recommendations about participation of the Russian
Federation in the international contracts and on development
of norms of the international law which is equitable to interests
of the Russian Federation. Now in exceptional cases the Representative
will have the right to establish the reduced terms for execution
of the inquiry by authorities and local government about granting
of the information about actual and a legal side of business
with the appendix of copies of all relevant documents, and also
will have the right at trial of affairs in the European Court
to involve and experts. The duty is assigned to the Representative
to inform the European Court on the agreements reached with
the claimant by the Representative or interested federal public
authorities, public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation
and local governments, and also takes the further measures with
a view of phase-out in Court on corresponding affairs.
In
case of removal by Court or Committee of ministers of the Council
of Europe of the decision on payment to the claimant of monetary
indemnification in connection with wrongful actions of authorities
and local governments and (or) about restoration of the broken
right informs on it the specified bodies and the Ministry of
Finance of Russia which not later than in a month after reception
of the notice from the Representative provide decision execution
in full and are obliged to notify the Representative on the
accepted measures. Now the Representative will be obliged to
inform the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Arbitration
Court of the Russian Federation and the State Office of Public
Prosecutor of the Russian Federation on removal by Court or
Committee of ministers of the Council of Europe of the specified
decision.
