Russia and the Council of Europe 10 Years After

by Malfliet, Katlijn; Parmentier, Stephan

• ISBN13: 9780230240308
• ISBN10: 0230240305
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book critically evaluates more than 10 years of Russian membership in the Council of Europe. Starting from the second term of Putins presidency, one can observe a Russian strategy to undermine the normative power of the Council of Europe. As a result the desirability of Russian membership in the Council of Europe is questioned more than ever.

Author Biography

KATLIJN MALFLIET is Director of the Institute for International and European Policy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. STEPHAN PARMENTIER is Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	p. vii
Notes on the Contributors	p. ix
By Way of Introduction	p. 1
Russia's Membership of the Council of Europe: Ten Years After	p. 7
A View from within the Council of Europe
Russia's Accession to the Council of Europe and the Fulfilment of its Obligations and Commitments	p. 33
Democratic Reforms in Russia: the Role of the Monitoring Process of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe	p. 43
The Influence of Russia's Membership of the Council of Europe on Legal Reforms in Russia
Russia and the Rule of Law	p. 57
The Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on Russian Legislation and Judicial Practice	p. 65
Russian Legal Reforms and the Council of Europe: Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back	p. 83
Adversarial Principles and the Case File in Russian Criminal Procedure	p. 107
Is Russia Honouring its Membership Obligations to the Council of Europe?
Gambling, Misunderstanding or Compromising? The Council of Europe and the War in Chechnya	p. 137
Can the European Court of Human Rights Provide Justice for Victims of Russian Human Rigths Abuses in Chechnya?	p. 165
Concluding Remarks: Which Road(s) for Russia and the Council of Europe?	p. 187
Index	p. 197
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