Legal conditions of the activity of non-governmental human rights organizations in Russia in the years 1991-1996

Abstract

Non-governmental human rights organizations active in the world for over 100 years. In Russia they born in the 60s of the twentieth century in response to human rights abuses by Soviet authorities. On the other hand, non-governmental organizations today appeared in Russia in the late 80s and 90s of the twentieth century. Some of them act today. Russian non-governmental human rights organizations have several characteristics. Firstly, they arose spontaneously, usually in response to the glaring examples of human rights violations. Second, their founders were activists who own attitude opposed the policy. They became symbols of the so-called. passive resistance, or deliberate violations of the law in the name of higher goals - were therefore willing to bear legal responsibility. This is the classic behavior known under the term civil disobedience. Thirdly, these organizations functioned without any internal legitimacy - until 1995 there were no regulations defining the principles of the formation, operation and activities of NGOs.The analysis of this Article shall be legal requirements applicable in the era of the existence of the Russian state in two political systems: the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. They concern two areas: 1. Regulations USSR - FR on organizational, financial and legal, constitutionally-legal, and that which is associated with the participation of citizens in the so-called organizations The Third Sector. 2. Regulations of international law recognized by the Russian Federation, including UN, EU and non-European. The transformations, which underwent Russian legislation lead to a conclusion about the total dependence on the activities of non-governmental human rights organizations on the political will of decision-makers Kremlin.