Projects
Strengthening Access to Justice for the Poor in the Russian Federation
2009 - 2011 Establishing Legal Aid Centres Network
To project pageDevelopment of probation service
2005 - 2010 Providing supervision and social rehabilitation of offenders in community-based alternatives to prison.
To project pageDevelopment of juvenile justice
1998 - 2006. For the activities in 2006 - 2009, please see the project "Development of probation service for young offenders".
To project pageEuropean Standards in Civil and Criminal Proceedings
A bilateral project (Russia - the Netherlands) aimed at an exchange of experiences between Russian and Dutch defence lawyers Time frames: November 2011 - May 2013 Funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Matra Programme
To project pageProfessional legal ethics and responsibility in protecting civil rights
The project has been initiated by St. Petersburg lawyers to discuss the notion and limits of legal secrecy and work out best practices and recommendations for the legal community, with an aim to ensure the constitutional right of citizens to the privilege of confidentiality.
To project pageTraining for Russian lawyers on the application of the European Convention of Human Rights standards
Citizens' Watch, in collaboration with the International Bar of St. Petersburg, has launched a project aimed at broadening the knowledge of practising Russian lawyers about the European Convention of Human Rights. A series of training seminars has been organised for the lawyers of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, who will later arrange training courses for the members of their respective bars and professional associations. The project is funded by Consulate-General of Germany in St. Petersburg
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