International Commission of Jurists
Russian Federation: Legal tradition

Russian Federation: Legal tradition

Jun 16, 2014

The Russian legal system is generally classified as a civil law system. It is a code-based legal system and the organization of judicial review closely mirrors that of Western European civil law countries. However, the Russian tradition developed separately from other...
Russian Federation: Legal tradition

Russian Federation: International treaty status

Jun 16, 2014

[table] ,Ratification accession or succession International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 October 1973 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1 October 1991 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on...
Russian Federation: Legal tradition

Russian Federation: Constitutional structure

Jun 16, 2014

The Russian Federation is a federal democratic republic.{{1}} Its federal sub-entities, called “subjects of the Russian Federation”, are republics, territories, regions, cities of federal importance, autonomous regions and autonomous areas.{{2}} The Russian Federal...
Russian Federation: Legal tradition

Russian Federation: Financial independence of the judiciary

Jun 16, 2014

At the institutional level, international standards make clear that it is the duty of the State to provide adequate resources to enable the judiciary to properly perform its functions.{{1}} As a safeguard of judicial independence, the courts’ budget shall be prepared...
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