Lukin Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. On human rights in the Russian Federation

On December 17, 1995 he was elected deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation. federal district, Apple list. He was Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.

On December 19, 1999, he was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation for the federal district, Yabloko list. He was a member of the State Duma Committee on Affairs of Public Associations and Religious Organizations, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma.

He was unanimously elected president of the Russian Paralympic Committee in 1997, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Member of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty at the UN[when?].

Echo of Moscow journalist Timur Olevsky noted that in 2000 Lukin “opposed negotiations with Maskhadov because he considered the territorial integrity of Russia unshakable.”

Commissioner for Human Rights

In February 2004, he was nominated by President V.V. Putin for the post of Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. February 13, 2004 The State Duma elected V.P. Lukin to this position, and, according to the current legislation, he suspended his membership in the Yabloko RDP. In 2016, he restored his party membership.

Lukin gained fame for signing a cooperation agreement with the Russian Ministry of Defense (which caused criticism from the Soldiers' Mothers Committee) and condemned the American television channel ABC for showing an interview with Sh. Basayev. On July 15, 2009, representatives of the Russian LGBT Network met with Lukin, after which the law enforcement officer noted that sexual minorities have the same rights as all other people:

“If the rights of specific people are violated due to their orientation, we are ready to defend their rights”

According to human rights activist Igor Petrov, this was the first time in Russian history when a state representative officially met with LGBT activists.

Vladimir Lukin did not believe that the events of May 6 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow were mass riots; he filed complaints about the arrests of prisoners on May 6. Based on Lukin’s supervisory complaint, the preventive measure was changed to house arrest for Nikolai Kavkazsky.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation filed claims against the actions of V.P. Lukin as an ombudsman. Already in 2006, the administration of the city of Ufa filed a lawsuit against him to protect his business reputation. In 2007, E. V. Davydova filed a lawsuit against the actions of the Commissioner, in 2008 - V. I. Shkurko and A. S. Polyansky, in 2009 - O. V. Katerusha, in 2010 - O. M. Borisova, P. A. Borisov and O. B. Safonova, in 2011 - O. A. Morozova, E. E. Sokolnikov and V. N. Pashchenko. The court did not consider any of these claims.

On January 23, 2014, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation supported the nomination of Ella Pamfilova to the post of new Commissioner for Human Rights. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved Pamfilova’s candidacy.

On February 20, 2014, as a result of the difficult political situation in Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych called Vladimir Putin and offered to send a mediator to Kyiv for negotiations between the warring parties. Putin decided that it would be Lukin. In addition to Russia, Poland (Foreign Minister Sikorsky), Germany (Foreign Minister Steinmeier), and France (Head of the Continental Europe Department of the French Foreign Ministry Eric Fournier) sent their mediators to the negotiations. As part of his activities as a mediator between the warring parties in Ukraine, Lukin was the only one who refused to sign as a witness the peace treaty between Yanukovych and the opposition:

“We didn’t sign it. We decided that we did not need to bind ourselves to any formal agreements, obligations and signatures, because there were questions and problems about which subject of negotiations we would be dealing with in the near future, how events would develop, who would be responsible for the decisions that were accepted, and who is responsible for what in general.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry explained in this regard that “this does not mean that our country is not interested in finding compromises in a neighboring state. On the contrary, assistance will continue to be provided.”

MOSCOW, February 18. /ITAR-TASS/. After ten years of work as Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Vladimir Lukin is leaving his post - on February 18, his statutory term of office formally expires. And on the same day, the State Duma, whose competence includes approving the ombudsman, completes the collection of applications for candidates for this position. Deputies must name the new commissioner within a month.

Vladimir Lukin was first appointed Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation by a State Duma resolution of February 13, 2004, and on February 18, 2009 he was appointed to this position for a second five-year term. According to the law, the same person cannot hold this post for more than two terms.

Summing up the results of his work, Lukin admits that he leaves with “a feeling of gratitude to fate.” “Despite the fact that for ten years I was faced with human dramas, tragedies, terrible injustice every day, I still took a bright feeling from my work, especially since in some cases I was able to help people,” he said earlier in an interview "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".

What exactly the former ombudsman will do now is still unknown. In particular, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with Lukin, expressed the hope that he will continue to work for the benefit of society. “Vladimir Petrovich has very good experience in this position... good experience as a diplomat, after all, he was the Russian ambassador to the United States, and in the political sphere: he is one of the founders of the Yabloko party. Therefore, I would like to use all this together. Maybe keeping in mind some international aspect. But we’ll think about it later,” the head of state said.

Who can become the new ombudsman?

According to the law, candidates for the post of Russian Ombudsman can be submitted to the State Duma by the President of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council, factions and deputies of the lower house. The Commissioner is appointed and dismissed by the State Duma by a majority vote of the total number of deputies by secret ballot.

It is too early to name the future ombudsman, but with a significant degree of confidence we can say that he will be the chairman of the all-Russian social movement"Civic Dignity" Ella Pamfilova. Her candidacy was submitted to the State Duma on February 13 by Vladimir Putin, who previously discussed her nomination with human rights activists, including Vladimir Lukin.

Pamfilova’s support has already been announced in the Federation Council, Public Chamber, as well as Duma factions" Just Russia" And " United Russia"In particular, United Russia members, who nominated deputies Pavel Krasheninnikov and Nikolai Bulaev for this post, intend to withdraw their candidacies and vote for Pamfilova.

Meanwhile, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party will support their representatives. The Liberal Democrats said earlier that they would vote for MP Elena Afanasyeva. And on February 13, the Communists nominated Oleg Smolin, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education, to the post of authorized representative.

Ella Pamfilova, in an interview with ITAR-TASS, said that if she is confirmed as an ombudsman, she intends to “deal with both systemic issues of protecting human rights and solving specific issues that citizens will address.” At the same time, she called “compliance with the Constitution” the most important priority in the commissioner’s work, emphasizing that she intends to work “in collaboration with everyone who is interested in protecting human rights.”

On July 13, 2012, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Vladimir Petrovich Lukin, celebrates his 75th birthday.

Doctor historical sciences(1989), professor. Corresponding Member Russian Academy natural sciences. Honorary Doctor of the Simon Bolivar University (Colombia).

Author of a number of monographs and publications in domestic and foreign media. His research interests are Russian-American relations, foreign policy Russia, political processes in South and Southeast Asia.

Speaks English, French and Spanish languages.

Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (1998), was encouraged by the gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (1997, 2003), the Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation (2008), was awarded the medal "For Merit Chechen Republic" (2007).

Married, has two sons.

Loves to play football and hockey, CSKA fan.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, one of the founders of the Yabloko party. He was elected to the State Duma three times and was a member of the Yabloko faction. Suspended his membership in the Yabloko party in connection with his election to the post of Commissioner for Human Rights. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. Speaks English, French and Spanish.

Vladimir Petrovich Lukin was born in 1937 in the city of Omsk. In 1959, he graduated from the history department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after Lenin with a degree in pedagogy and got a job at the State Historical Museum of the USSR. In 1964 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Institute of World Economics and international relations(IMEMO) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1964-1965 he was a researcher at IMEMO. In 1965 he moved to Prague (he worked as a senior assistant at the Czechoslovak editorial office of the journal Problems of Peace and Socialism), but in August 1968 he protested against the entry of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia and was deported to his homeland.

In 1968, Lukin became the head of the Far Eastern Policy Sector at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and in 1987-1989 he headed the department of the Office of the Pacific and Southeast Asian Countries of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1989 he defended doctoral dissertation, organized and headed the Center for Analysis and Forecasting of the Secretariat of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In the same year, Lukin was appointed head of the department of the Assessment and Planning Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1990, Lukin was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR for the 9th Podolsk national-territorial district (Moscow region). In June 1990 - Chairman of the Committee of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR on International Affairs. From February 1992 to September 1993 he was Russian Ambassador to the United States. At the end of 1993, together with Grigory Yavlinsky and Yuri Boldyrev, he headed the electoral association "Yavlinsky - Boldyrev - Lukin", later renamed "Yabloko". After winning the elections, he joined the Yabloko faction and headed the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. On December 17, 1995, he was re-elected to the Duma on the “Apple” list, and on December 19, 1999, he was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation and became vice-speaker of the State Duma.

On February 13, 2004, he was elected Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. He took part in resolving the scandal that arose around the events in the Bashkir city of Blagoveshchensk (hundreds of residents of which were illegally detained and beaten during a police raid). In February 2006, he sharply condemned the decision of the Volgograd authorities, who, against the backdrop of a worldwide “cartoon scandal,” decided to close the newspaper “Gorodskie Vesti,” which also published a cartoon on a religious theme. However, Lukin did not intervene in the events related to the adoption of the new federal law on non-profit organizations (NPOs).

Lukin - Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor. Honorary Doctor of the Simon Bolivar University (Colombia). Author of the books “Centers of Power: Concept and Reality” and “China’s Place in US Global Politics.” Awarded with orders and medals, including the Order of the Badge of Honor. Speaks English, French and Spanish. Lukin is married and has two sons and a grandson.

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, one of the founders of the Yabloko party

Vladimir Petrovich Lukin was born in 1937 in the city of Omsk. In 1959, he graduated from the history department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after Lenin with a degree in pedagogy and got a job at the State Historical Museum of the USSR. In 1964 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and in 1964-1965 he was a research fellow at IMEMO. In 1965, Lukin moved to Prague (he worked as a senior assistant at the Czechoslovak editorial office of the journal Problems of Peace and Socialism), but in August 1968 he protested against the entry of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia and was deported to his homeland.

In 1968, Lukin became the head of the Far Eastern Policy Sector at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and in 1987-1989 he headed the department of the Office of the Pacific and Southeast Asian Countries of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1989, he defended his doctoral dissertation, organized and headed the Center for Analysis and Forecasting of the Secretariat of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In the same year, Lukin was appointed head of the department of the Assessment and Planning Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1990, Lukin was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR for the 9th Podolsk national-territorial district (Moscow region). In June 1990 - Chairman of the Committee of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR on International Affairs. From February 1992 to February 1994 he was Russian Ambassador to the United States. At the end of 1993, Lukin, together with Grigory Yavlinsky and Yuri Boldyrev, headed the electoral association "Yavlinsky - Boldyrev - Lukin", later renamed "Yabloko". After winning the elections, he joined the Yabloko faction and headed the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. On December 17, 1995, he was re-elected to the Duma on the “Apple” list, and on December 19, 1999, he was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation and became vice-speaker of the State Duma.

On February 13, 2004, Lukin was elected Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. He took part in resolving the scandal that arose around the events in the Bashkir city of Blagoveshchensk (hundreds of residents of which were illegally detained and beaten during a police raid). In February 2006, he sharply condemned the decision of the Volgograd authorities, who, against the backdrop of a worldwide “cartoon scandal,” decided to close the newspaper “Gorodskie Vesti,” which also published a cartoon on a religious theme. However, Lukin did not intervene in the events related to the adoption of the new federal law on non-profit organizations (NPOs).

In 2007-2008, Lukin repeatedly appeared in press reports, in particular as the author of the reports “On the situation of human rights in Russia for 2006”, where he recognized the situation with human rights in Russia as unsatisfactory, and “Problems of protecting the rights of victims of crimes” , which was created on the basis of materials prepared by employees of the human rights movement "Resistance". Lukin spoke in defense of the rights of prisoners, in particular, the seriously ill former vice-president of YUKOS Vasily Aleksanyan and the company's former lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina, who was held in a pre-trial detention center.

In January 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed reappointing Lukin to the post of ombudsman; he was supported by both the United Russia faction in the State Duma and human rights activists who were in radical opposition to the Kremlin. On February 18 of the same year, the State Duma again approved Lukin as Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation.

Lukin - Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor. Honorary Doctor of the Simon Bolivar University (Colombia). Author of the books “Centers of Power: Concept and Reality” and “China’s Place in US Global Politics.” He was awarded orders and medals, including the Order of the Badge of Honor. Speaks English, French and Spanish. Lukin is married and has two sons and a grandson.