Expert: Maintaining the Rule of Law Remains an Issue in Many Countries
Expert: Maintaining the Rule of Law Remains an Issue in Many Countries
UTMN professor invited to international conference at leading research and educational centre.
UTMN professor Sergey Marochkin participated in the international conference «Development of Russian Law-X: Rule of Law Revisited: Applying Law in Russia and Beyond» at the University of Helsinki. He was invited by the hosts to give one of the first talks on the programme.
The list of speakers was formed by the hosts on a competitive basis from applications received after the conference was announced this spring. The topic of the Tyumen professor’s presentation was “National and International Rule of Law: 'Black Letter' and Reality (a Russian perspective)”, and in his talk he suggested discussing the establishment of the rule of law at state level (particularly in Russia), its proclamation in international law and the state’s attitude towards its establishment and implementation as well as how they are all connected.
“Maintaining the rule of law remains a problem in many countries,” commented Professor Marochkin. “As for Russia, this principle is enshrined in the Constitution, but sometimes court decisions, including the decisions of the Constitutional Court, are incompatible with it. The principle has now also been enshrined as fundamental in international affairs but states often act in contradiction to it. Their conscience and policies lag behind the realities of the globalizing world. In their relationships states do not proceed from the rule of law or often even from the international law. The age-old habit of solving problems with political, economic and even military strength prevails. For at least the last two decades, international law has been developing poorly, if not stagnating. The ambition to sustain a unipolar world (a single superpower) still dominates, while normal and civilized development of the world is only possible on the basis on multipolarity and the balance of power, as it is in states – on the basis of the separation of powers.”
The conference brought together a range of interested participants from universities in Russia, Finland, other European countries, the USA and Latin America.
It is noteworthy that the university in which the conference was held was founded in 1640. In 1827, according to a decree by the Russian Emperor Nicholas I, it was moved from the city of Abo to Helsingfors and named the Imperial Alexander University (in honor of the Emperor’s late brother, Alexander I). Currently, the University of Helsinki is one of the world’s leading centers for science and higher education, and there are Nobel Prize winners among its alumni.
Source: UTMN Department of Strategic Communications
Link to Russian version: https://www.utmn.ru/presse/novosti/nauka-segodnya/466007/
The list of speakers was formed by the hosts on a competitive basis from applications received after the conference was announced this spring. The topic of the Tyumen professor’s presentation was “National and International Rule of Law: 'Black Letter' and Reality (a Russian perspective)”, and in his talk he suggested discussing the establishment of the rule of law at state level (particularly in Russia), its proclamation in international law and the state’s attitude towards its establishment and implementation as well as how they are all connected.
“Maintaining the rule of law remains a problem in many countries,” commented Professor Marochkin. “As for Russia, this principle is enshrined in the Constitution, but sometimes court decisions, including the decisions of the Constitutional Court, are incompatible with it. The principle has now also been enshrined as fundamental in international affairs but states often act in contradiction to it. Their conscience and policies lag behind the realities of the globalizing world. In their relationships states do not proceed from the rule of law or often even from the international law. The age-old habit of solving problems with political, economic and even military strength prevails. For at least the last two decades, international law has been developing poorly, if not stagnating. The ambition to sustain a unipolar world (a single superpower) still dominates, while normal and civilized development of the world is only possible on the basis on multipolarity and the balance of power, as it is in states – on the basis of the separation of powers.”
The conference brought together a range of interested participants from universities in Russia, Finland, other European countries, the USA and Latin America.
It is noteworthy that the university in which the conference was held was founded in 1640. In 1827, according to a decree by the Russian Emperor Nicholas I, it was moved from the city of Abo to Helsingfors and named the Imperial Alexander University (in honor of the Emperor’s late brother, Alexander I). Currently, the University of Helsinki is one of the world’s leading centers for science and higher education, and there are Nobel Prize winners among its alumni.
Source: UTMN Department of Strategic Communications
Link to Russian version: https://www.utmn.ru/presse/novosti/nauka-segodnya/466007/