Human Rights: Integrity of the Russian and International Law, Competition of Courts Decisions

.Thea m en dm entstot h eRu ss i a nC onst i t u t i o n2020c h allenge dd en o v ot h ein ter n at i o n allawpr e valenc eandledtheR u ss i a ’ swaytofindi townperc e pt i onofi n ter na t i onallaw .A l t hou ghtheamendmentsd i dnoti n t rodu cedras t i c allys ub st an t i v emod i ficat i onsofthei n ter na t i onallawmodusop er and ii nthena t i onallegalsystemn e verth e l e sstheysh i ft e dthec ons t i t u t i onalfocus.Theformeronewasbu i ltonthe pr e sumpt i onofthej ur i d i calcons i stencyoftheconst i t u t i o n al or d er a ndRu ss i a ’ sin ter n at i o n alco mmi t m ents.T o d a yt h ere ’ st h ea priori allegation of possible conflictsbetweenr e qu i remen tsoftheC onst i tut i onandj ud g m entofin ter n at i o n alco u rts. MA TERI ALSANDMETHODS.Thepaperco m pr i s ess h orthi stor i cala n alys i s of t h e in ter n at i o n all ym ea n i ngfulrulesoftheC onst i tut i oni ni tscompar i sontothe currentlegals i t ua t i oni nR uss ia.R athersuperficialbuti llu st ra t i v ej ur i d i caloverv i ewofther e l e van tconst i tut i o n alpro vi s i onsw i t ht h eird o m est i clegalco un terpartsdemons t ra testhes i g n i ficanc eandpract i caleffici encyofthec on c om i tan ti n te rpr e ta t i onofthec on st i t u t i onalr u lesa ndRu ss i a ’ sin ter n at i o n alobl i gat i o ns. RESEARCHRESUL T S.Su c ha shift paradigmatically i sst i llpend i n gnewi n ter pr et a t i onofthec ons t i t u t i onalf und a m ental s. A tleastt h e yn ee d di fferentconstr u ct i o ntobeco n co mi ta n ttot h eref u salm ec h a ni s m(asregar d sin ter n at i o n aljud g m ents).S t i llun c h a n ge dv erbat imt h ec on st i t u t i onalfundam e ntalsprov i d eforprol i fera te dm ec h a ni s moft h ehum a nr i ghtsprotect i o nund erin ter na t i onallasw i thi ndom e st i corderandst i llr e qu i r ethec on cor d a n tin terpretat ionoft h ein ter n at ion alc ommi t m entsa ndconst i t u t i o n alr u le s. D ISCUSS IO NANDCO N CL US IO NS. The modified const i t u t i o n al la nd scape s hi fte d d rast i call y t h ein ter n at i o n allawpr i or i tyint h eRu ss i a nlegalsyst em.A lt h o u gh t h ein ter n at i o n allawlea v estot h eS tat e ’ sc h o i cetod eter m i n ei nternallythestatusofi tsi n ter na t i onalc omm i t m entst h e constitutional fundamentals (left untouchedverbat i m)st i llr e qu i r ei n ter na t i onallawpr i or i ty .Theconst i t u t i o n all yenclose dhum a nr i ghtprotect i o nm ec h a ni s memp h as iz ess u c hpr i or i ty .