https://legal.excellentwiki.com/russia/human-rights/ Recent content in human rights on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/russia/human-rights/russian-human-rights-law/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/russia/human-rights/russian-human-rights-law/ <h2 id="the-constitutional-framework">The Constitutional Framework</h2> <p>The Constitution of the Russian Federation, adopted by popular referendum on 12 December 1993, establishes the rights and freedoms of man and citizen in Chapter 2 as a central element of the post-Soviet constitutional order. Article 2 declares that the individual, their rights and freedoms constitute the supreme value and that the recognition, observance, and protection of human and civil rights and freedoms is the duty of the state. This provision represents a fundamental departure from the Soviet constitutional tradition, which subordinated individual rights to the interests of the state and the collective.</p>