International conference in Moscow

A.D.Nazarov, the Head of Criminal Procedure Department of Law Institute of the SFU, candidate of law, associate professor, and A.A.Brester, senior lecturer in criminal procedure, candidate of law, participated in the International Conference "Reform of the judicial system"on 16-17 April this year in Moscow.

The conference was attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Bulgaria. Participants from that countries reported on the reform of the judiciary and law enforcement systems and the prospects for further work in this direction.

Welcoming speech was made by Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Russian Federation E. A. Pamfilova.

The forum participants followed with interest speeches of a famous Russian lawyer K.A.Moskalenko, the Director of the Russian Institute of Human Rights named after V.M.Gefrer, employees of the Fund "Public Verdict" A.E.Novikova, O.S.Shepeleva.

 

It should be noted that for several years the Fund "Public Verdict" in conjunction with the Law Institute of the Siberian Federal University and its Legal Clinic (Director - I.A.Shevchenko, candidate of law, associate professor, the director of the Institute of Advanced Studies for lawyers of Krasnoyarsk region Bar Association) implements projects related to the improvement of legal education, judicial and law enforcement activity.

A.A.Brester in his presentations at the plenary told about the work experience of subdivision against torture and other arbitrary actions in police and other law enforcement agencies ( the head of this direction in the activities of the Legal Clinic of the Law Institute of the SFU are doctor of law science , professor of criminal procedure A. S. Barabash and also A. A. Brester); about the experience of interactive teaching disciplines of the Criminal Procedure Department and the Department of law practice (the Head of Department - S. N. Maltov , the President of the Krasnoyarsk region Bar Association, the Vice- President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers in Russia , Advisor to the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk region , candidate of law science ); about the scientific and practice-oriented work of students in the courses on Criminal Procedure ( leaders - A. S. Barabash, A. A. Brester).

The conference was organized by the Moscow Human Rights Fund "Public Verdict" (the director - N. E. Taubina). In honor of the decade of the Fund A. D. Nazarov was awarded a memorable desktop clock with symbols of anniversaries for the organization of close cooperation between the Law Institute of the SFU and "Public Verdict ". A. D. Nazarov will continue to work in a workgroup of Russian human rights organizations, united by the Fund "Public Verdict" in order to develop standards for police activity and technologies of public audit of the police in Russia.