Karinna Akopovna Moskalenko
Karinna Akopowna Moskalenko ( Russian Каринна Акоповна Москаленко , also Karina Moskalenko ; born February 9, 1954 , Baku , Azerbaijani SSR , USSR ) is an Armenian - Russian lawyer for human rights . She represents Russian citizens before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg .
Life
Karina Moskalenko was born into an Armenian family. Her father was an officer in the Red Army and later worked in the Soviet Ministry of Defense, most recently with the rank of general. She studied law at the State University in Leningrad , and graduated in 1976 her studies. She then worked as a legal assistant and later as a lawyer in Moscow . Her specialty became international law . She became a member of the Moscow Bar Association.
In 1994 she completed a postgraduate course for European Law at the University in Birmingham . She attended courses at legal centers in London , Essex , Canada and Denmark . In 1999 she became a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, a human rights organization .
In 2000 it attracted international attention when it succeeded in getting five Russian pilots released in Calcutta who had delivered weapons to insurgents there. Otherwise they could face the death penalty. In 2001, she represented Russian citizens in the first trial of Russian citizens before the European Court of Human Rights as the first Russian lawyer there.
Since 2003 she has represented the imprisoned boss of the oil company Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky before Russian courts, and later also before the European Court of Human Rights. In 2004 she moved to Strasbourg.
In 2006 she registered the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya with the European Court of Human Rights.
In 2008, her husband found mercury bullets in her car.
By 2016 she had represented around 300 cases by Russian citizens before the European Court of Human Rights against the Russian Federation, often with success.
Awards and honors
- 1999: Prize for Human Rights, Russia
- 2000: "Femida Prize" of the Association of Russian Lawyers, highest legal award in Russia
- 2007: Recognition Award of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
- 2008: William J. Brennan Award from the University of New Jersey, USA
- 2010: Honorary Doctorate in Law from Southern Methodist University, USA
- 2010: Ludovic Trarieux human rights award from various European lawyers' organizations
Web links
- Каринна Акоповна Москаленко biography
- Karinna Noskalenko Ludovic Trarieux Human Rights Prize 2010
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky's time is yet to come Interview with Karinna Moskalenko, Der Bund , July 2, 2016
Remarks
- ↑ Moskalenko: Verdict destructive for Russia Interview with Karina Moskalenko, Deutsche Welle, July 25, 2013
- ↑ attack on lawyer in Srraßburg taz 16 October, 2008
- ↑ Victim of a poison attack? Der Tagesspiegel, October 14, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moskalenko, Karinna Akopovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Москаленко, Каринна Акоповна (Russian); Moskalenko, Karina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian-Russian lawyer specializing in human rights |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baku , Azerbaijani SSR , USSR |