Tamara Morshchakova

Tamara Georgievna Morshchakova (Russian: Тамара Георгиевна Морщакова) is a Soviet and Russian jurist. She worked as a judge in the Russian Constitutional Court. Tamara Morshchakova was a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights until 2019.[1]

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Georgievna and the family name is Morshchakova.

Tamara Morshchakova
Тамара Георгиевна Морщакова
Tamara Morshchakova, Soviet and Russian jurist, commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists rights group
Deputy Chair of Constitutional Court of Russia
In office
1995–2002
Personal details
Born
Rus. Тамара Георгиевна Морщакова

March 28, 1936
Moscow
NationalityRussian
ResidenceMoscow
Alma materMoscow State University
Occupationlecturing, writing, researching about the Law and Rights
Known forDeveloping 1993 Russian Constitution, researching in the Law and Rights, a judge in the Constitutional Court of Russia, forensic expert

Biography

Tamara Morshchakova was born on March 28, 1936 in Moscow.[2]

She was a Judge of the Russian Constitutional Court from 1991 to 2002. Tamara Morshchakova participated in developing of many laws, including 1993 Russian State Constitution[3], participated in developing of a project of the Law about Constitutional Court of Russia.[2]

Tamara Morshchakova was elected in 2013 for the Commissioner from Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an international institution inside the International Commission of Jurists, and then re-elected in 2018.[3]

Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights

Tamara Morshchakova was a long time member of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, approx. since 2000s, when the Council's head was Ella Pamfilova[4][5]. She resigned from the Council on October 21, 2019, when President Vladimir Putin had dismissed 5 core members of the Council (Higher School of Economics' professor Mikhail Fedotov[6], political analyst Ekaterina Schulmann, rights lawyer Pavel Chikov, Higher School of Economics' professor Ilya Shablinsky, rights lawyer Yevgeny Bobrov), saying that the former Council, that was intended for human rights, had disappeared, and she doesn't want to work in the new Council, if the Council is intended for other else tasks.[1][7][8][5]

Publications

Tamara Morshchakova is author of about a hundred of publications on the Law and Rights, including these (listed in Russian original language)[2]

  • "Эффективность правосудия и проблемы устранения судебных ошибок", в соавторстве [Efficiency of Justice and problems redressing forensic errors, co-author] (1975);
  • "Теоретические основы эффективности правосудия", в соавторстве [Theoretical bases of judicial efficiency, co-author] (1980),
  • "Оценка качества судебного разбирательства по уголовным делам" [Ranking of the quality of forensic inquiry in the criminal cases] (1988),
  • "Судебная реформа" [Justice reform] (1990);
  • Учебник уголовного процесса, соавтор [Learning book on criminology process, co-author] (1990, 1995, 1998, 1999)

References
  1. "Putin removes critical voices from his rights council". France 24 English. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. "Морщакова Тамара Георгиевна". Совет при Президенте Российской Федерации по развитию гражданского общества и правам человека (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  3. "Commissioners from Europe and CIS". International Commission of Jurists. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  4. "Миссия Совета". Совет при Президенте Российской Федерации по развитию гражданского общества и правам человека (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  5. Светлана Сухова (October 21, 2019). "«Иногда слова бывают не менее важны» Судья Тамара Морщакова комментирует кадровые перемены в СПЧ" (in Russian). Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  6. "Федотов Михаил Александрович". HSE University (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  7. "Тамара Морщакова сообщила о своем выходе из СПЧ". Business FM (in Russian). October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  8. "Putin Pushes Critical Voices Out Of Russia's Human Rights Council". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
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