Совет при Президенте Российской Федерации по развитию гражданского общества и правам человека | |
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Formed | 6 November 2004 |
Preceding agency |
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Headquarters | 4 Staraya Square, Moscow |
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Website | president-sovet.ru |
The Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights is a consultative body to the President of the Russian Federation, tasked with assisting him in guaranteeing and protecting human rights and freedoms in Russia. [1] Since October 21, 2019, the chairman of the Council has been Valery Fadeyev. [2] [3]
The Council was created in 2004 by reorganizing the Commission on human rights, which existed since November 1993.
The Council currently consists of 47 people, including political scientist Sergey Karaganov, lawyer Henri Reznik, filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, journalist Kirill Vyshinsky and economist Yevgeny Yasin. [4]
On October 5, 2009, the Council issued a statement condemning the actions of the Nashi activists against journalist Alexander Podrabinek. The original version of the statement, posted on the Council's website, did not condemn Podrabinek's frank statements towards WWII veterans. However, the statement was later edited (according to some sources, after a call from a high-ranking official to Ella Pamfilova) and included remarks that the Council did not agree with Podrabinek's position. Valery Fadeyev, future chairman of the council, described its behavior within Podrabinek controversy as strange and unnatural.
A body that should contribute to the prevention of conflicts, to act as an independent arbiter in disputes, suddenly endorses one of the parties. And this only fuels the conflict. The story with a statement made on behalf of the Council without the consent of its individual members also looks absurd." [7]
Journalist Maksim Shevchenko, who was a member of the Council in 2012–18, described its activities as follows:
All the activities of the council turned into the creation of the useless OTR and the memorial to the victims of political repressions. But I don’t remember any specific actions to protect human rights. [8]
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