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Closed Trials Open to Lukin.
(From The Moscow Times)
In a series of rulings concerning the Criminal Procedures Code, the Constitutional Court has ordered Russian courts to allow the human rights ombudsman to attend closed trials.
The ruling is a victory for human rights activists, who have long complained about the potential for abuse in closed court proceedings. It will allow human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to sit in on the trials.
The court's decision Tuesday came in response to a request from a group of State Duma deputies who had found what they believed to be inconsistencies between the federal Criminal Procedures Code and certain federal constitutional laws.
They noted that the constitutional law creating the position of human rights commissioner gave him the right to sit in on all meetings of state authorities, including closed court hearings -- a right that is not granted by the Criminal Procedures Code.
The court ruled that when differences arise, federal constitutional laws and international treaties take precedence over the Criminal Procedures Code. However, the code overrides non-constitutional federal ...
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