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Russian Constitutional Court: Any Lawyer Can Represent a Complainant in Court

Author(s): Veronika Marchenko
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Издательство »Права человека«
Keywords: lawyer; plaintiff; Constitutional Court; human rights defenders; campaign

Summary/Abstract: The Russian Constitutional Court ruled that any lawyer can represent a plaintiff in court. Before complainants were forced to turn to a limited number of registered barristers. The ruling came as a result of a campaign by NGO The Right of Mothers.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 6-8
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Russian