THE EXCLUSION OF RUSSIA FROM COUNCIL OF EUROPE: INITIAL REFLECTIONS ON THE EFFECTS
THE EXCLUSION OF RUSSIA FROM COUNCIL OF EUROPE: INITIAL REFLECTIONS ON THE EFFECTS

Summary/Abstract: The new situation related to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine led to Russia’s exclusionfrom the Council of Europe and the European regional human rights protection system inMarch 2022. This article aims to examine the legal and political consequences of the RussianFederation’s exclusion from the Council of Europe and the European human rights protectionsystem. The research objective was achieved through the analysis of normative acts (hardlaw, soft law) of the Council, a review of domestic and foreign literature, and the analysis ofstatistical data provided by the Council and the European Court of Human Rights.The article seeks to answer the following research questions: 1. What are the actual andpotential consequences of excluding Russia from the Council for both Russia and other memberstates?, 2. What impact will Russia’s exclusion from the Council of Europe and the Europeanhuman rights protection system have on the citizens of Russia and those under its jurisdiction?Membership in the Council of Europe entails mandatory participation in the Europeanhuman rights protection system, based on the European Convention on Human Rights and theEuropean Court of Human Rights. The primary consequences of Russia’s exclusion from theCouncil are: 1. exclusion from the family of European states, 2. denunciation of the Conventionand other agreements adopted within the organisation, and 3. the inability to file individualand interstate complaints against Russia.

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