Dismantling the Rule of Law in Russia: Reflections from Three Public Filings
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-10-2025
Conference / Event Title
Russia & Eurasia Studies Centre Monday Seminar
Conference / Event Location
Oxford, England
Hosting Organization
Oxford University
Abstract
I will discuss the under-theorized role that the erosion of the rule of law has played in the attempted consolidation of Russian democracy and re-establishment of authoritarianism. As a means of periodization and development of analytical concepts, I will discuss three public legal filings that I have made: (1) a 2011 report on the second conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky requested by the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for Civil Society and Human Rights; (2) a 2020 third-party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Navalnyy & Ofitserov v. Russia; and (3) a 2023 amicus curiae brief to the Russian Constitutional Court concerning Article 20.3.3 of the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offenses.
Conference URL
https://web.archive.org/web/20250203110946/https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c9276d1f-ee1b-4b61-ac0c-2392168869d7/
External Links
https://web.archive.org/web/20250203110946/https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c9276d1f-ee1b-4b61-ac0c-2392168869d7/
Recommended Citation
Kahn, Jeffrey, "Dismantling the Rule of Law in Russia: Reflections from Three Public Filings" (2025). Presentations. 1101.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_presentations/1101