About Kirill Koroteev
Kirill Koroteev is Legal Director of the Moscow-based Human Rights Centre "Memorial", specialised in taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights. He previously worked on human rights issues in different States of the former USSR and taught public law. He graduated from State University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow and holds a master's degree from the University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Articles by Kirill Koroteev
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European integration
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Constitutional conventions: best practice
The Russian legal system’s human
rights record is appalling, but the European Court in Strasbourg is powerless
to enforce its own rulings. Kirill Koroteev describes the day to day of working
as a lawyer at distinguished Russian NGO ‘Memorial’.The European factor in Russian justice
Ten years ago Russia joined the European Convention of Human Rights. 20% of all appeals to the European Court of Human Rights come from Russia. Kirill Koroteev reviews a troubled relationship
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