Level of the Protection of Human Rights in the Russian Federation

The main objective of this bachelor thesis entitled 'The Level of the Protection of Human Rights in the Russian Federation' is to describe and analyse the current situation of the protection of human rights and freedoms in the Russian Federation. At the same time, it tries to find answers to the question, what is the level of the protection of human rights in this country? After the more general interpretation of the concept of human rights and an overview of the development of human rights in the Russian Federation, the thesis concentrates on the issue of the Russian substantive and procedural law of human rights. The following is a list of state, non-governmental and international organizations, centers, and clubs dealing with the protection of human rights. In the final chapter are pointed out flagrant violations of human rights. To illustrate human rights abuses, specific cases are also documented. Keywords Human Rights, Freedoms, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Russian Federation, Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights Organizations, Political Prisoner, Prisoner of Conscience, Journalis