Familienrecht Russlands: Triumph der „traditionellen Werte“

Abstract

In Russia, the 2014 enactment of a concept of a State family policy for the period until 2025 has been accompanied by a process of enshrining traditional values as a foundation for family policy. Recent reforms have recognised at constitutional level the supremacy of traditional values in Russian family policy, resulting in amendments to the Russian Family Code, with further changes in the pipeline. However, even prior to these reforms, administrative and judicial practice have applied the law through the prism of traditional values covering different aspects of family relationships, including the consideration of the best interests of the child, the determination of the child’s place of residence, the limitation and revocation of parental rights, and the recognition of same-sex unions. The contribution analyses where these tendencies may cause frictions with international standards in the field of human rights and, in particular, rights of the child.