News
- 02 July 2008, 17:40
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
The 8th Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe dedicated to the Role of Public Prosecution in the Protection of Human Rights and Public Interests outside the Criminal Law Field has started today in the Constantine Palace, St. Petersburg. The Conference brings together 150 delegates from public prosecutor’s offices of over 40 European states.
When opening the Conference, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika gave the floor to the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Ilya Klebanov. Mr. Klebanov read a welcoming message of President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev to the participants of the 8th Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe underlining the necessity of improvement of human rights mechanisms of the law-enforcement system. In his welcoming message, Dmitry Medvedev expressed confidence that the results of the Conference would foster improvement of the operation of the prosecution authorities in the protection of human rights and legal interests of citizens.
Then, Secretary General of the Council of Europe the Right Hon Terry Davis addressed the Conference. He noted that the legal system of the state played a key role in the protection of human rights. The Council of Europe Secretary General told about the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and the Committee of European Prosecutors. Moreover, Terry Davis touched upon the necessity to review the European Conventions on co-operation in the criminal law field in view of their unadjustment to the modern period. According to him, the draft amendments to the Convention on Extradition will have been finalized by the late November 2008.
Terry Davis particularly highlighted the role of the Russian prosecution authorities and a number of other European states outside the criminal law field. He stressed the necessity of compulsory respect of human rights and especially the right to apply to court for protection of own interests. The Council of Europe Secretary General expressed a favourable opinion about recent legislative changes in the supervisory function of the Russian Prosecution Service. When speaking about the role of public prosecution outside the criminal law field, Terry Davis noted the experience of the Russian Prosecution Service and pointed out that some of its legal traditions could be used as best practices by the European public prosecutor’s offices.
Thereafter, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika delivered his report to the Conference (See full text of the report in the section “News”).
Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matviyenko also addressed the Conference. She noted the system-based work of the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office in the protection of human rights and legal interests of citizens and guests of the city and wished all the participants fruitful work at the Conference.
While discussing the activities of the prosecution authorities in the protection of human rights and public interests, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg spoke at the Conference. According to him, the interests of the society and the state should first of all guide public prosecutors in their work. At that, Thomas Hammarberg particularly highlighted the necessity of high professional qualification of officers of the prosecution authorities.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights stressed the necessity to focus the work of public prosecutors on the protection of the rights of victims and witnesses. In his opinion, public prosecutors should ensure compliance with the adversarial principle in judicial proceedings.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights stressed that public prosecutors should actively protect the rights of vulnerable people. He underlined the role of public prosecution in solution of a problem of obtaining access of poor and vulnerable people to justice and also in the protection of rights of low-income and young people.
Moreover, Federal Minister of Justice of Germany Brigitte Zypries, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Tatyana Kornyakova, President of the Council of General Prosecutors of the French Republic Jean-Jacques Zirnhelt and other participants addressed the Conference.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
02 July 2008, 17:40
Winding-up the first part of the 8th Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe
The 8th Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe dedicated to the Role of Public Prosecution in the Protection of Human Rights and Public Interests outside the Criminal Law Field has started today in the Constantine Palace, St. Petersburg. The Conference brings together 150 delegates from public prosecutor’s offices of over 40 European states.
When opening the Conference, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika gave the floor to the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Ilya Klebanov. Mr. Klebanov read a welcoming message of President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev to the participants of the 8th Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe underlining the necessity of improvement of human rights mechanisms of the law-enforcement system. In his welcoming message, Dmitry Medvedev expressed confidence that the results of the Conference would foster improvement of the operation of the prosecution authorities in the protection of human rights and legal interests of citizens.
Then, Secretary General of the Council of Europe the Right Hon Terry Davis addressed the Conference. He noted that the legal system of the state played a key role in the protection of human rights. The Council of Europe Secretary General told about the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and the Committee of European Prosecutors. Moreover, Terry Davis touched upon the necessity to review the European Conventions on co-operation in the criminal law field in view of their unadjustment to the modern period. According to him, the draft amendments to the Convention on Extradition will have been finalized by the late November 2008.
Terry Davis particularly highlighted the role of the Russian prosecution authorities and a number of other European states outside the criminal law field. He stressed the necessity of compulsory respect of human rights and especially the right to apply to court for protection of own interests. The Council of Europe Secretary General expressed a favourable opinion about recent legislative changes in the supervisory function of the Russian Prosecution Service. When speaking about the role of public prosecution outside the criminal law field, Terry Davis noted the experience of the Russian Prosecution Service and pointed out that some of its legal traditions could be used as best practices by the European public prosecutor’s offices.
Thereafter, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika delivered his report to the Conference (See full text of the report in the section “News”).
Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matviyenko also addressed the Conference. She noted the system-based work of the St. Petersburg Public Prosecutor’s Office in the protection of human rights and legal interests of citizens and guests of the city and wished all the participants fruitful work at the Conference.
While discussing the activities of the prosecution authorities in the protection of human rights and public interests, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg spoke at the Conference. According to him, the interests of the society and the state should first of all guide public prosecutors in their work. At that, Thomas Hammarberg particularly highlighted the necessity of high professional qualification of officers of the prosecution authorities.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights stressed the necessity to focus the work of public prosecutors on the protection of the rights of victims and witnesses. In his opinion, public prosecutors should ensure compliance with the adversarial principle in judicial proceedings.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights stressed that public prosecutors should actively protect the rights of vulnerable people. He underlined the role of public prosecution in solution of a problem of obtaining access of poor and vulnerable people to justice and also in the protection of rights of low-income and young people.
Moreover, Federal Minister of Justice of Germany Brigitte Zypries, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Tatyana Kornyakova, President of the Council of General Prosecutors of the French Republic Jean-Jacques Zirnhelt and other participants addressed the Conference.
