of June 27, 2013 No. 21
About application by courts of law of the Convention on human rights protection and fundamental freedoms of November 4, 1950 and protocols to it
According to the principle of subsidiarity which is one of the basic principles of activities of the European Court of Human Rights, protection of the human rights and freedoms provided by the Convention on human rights protection and fundamental freedoms of November 4, 1950 and Protocols to it (further - the Convention and Protocols to it), it is assigned first of all to bodies of the state, including to courts.
For the purpose of ensuring uniform application by courts of law of the Convention and the Protocols to it ratified by the Russian Federation the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, being guided by article 126 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, articles 9 and 14 of the Federal constitutional Law of February 7, 2011 No. 1-FKZ "About courts of law in the Russian Federation", decides to make to courts the following explanations:
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