On 4th of December Farid Mukhametshin, Chairman of the State Council, met the public assistants of Commissioner for human rights in the Republic of Tatarstan, representatives of public human rights organizations, scientists and experts working in the field of implementation of human rights and freedoms.
On 4th of December Farid Mukhametshin, Chairman of the State Council, met the public assistants of Commissioner for human rights in the Republic of Tatarstan, representatives of public human rights organizations, scientists and experts working in the field of implementation of human rights and freedoms. The rector of IEML A. V. Timiryasova took part in this event.
The meeting was dated for International Human Rights Day that is celebrated on 10th of December, according to UN decision. This date is associated with Declaration of Human Rights acceptance.
“We meet in such format for the first time”, - emphasized Sariya Saburskaya, Commissioner for human rights in the Republic of Tatarstan, when she greeted the participants. Tatarstan was the only Russian region that accepted Human Rights Strategy. This is a unique document in our country. 100 executors work on realization of this Strategy – republican and federal executive institutions, institutions of local governing, the Constitutional court of Tatarstan, the Chamber of advocates, socially-oriented non-commercial organizations.
Chairman of Public observation commission of Tatarstan Larisa Rascheskova, director of autonomous charitable non-profit organization “Noviy vek”, public assistant of Commissioner for human rights in the Republic of Tatarstan in Kazan Liliya Taisheva, head of International human rights group “Agora”, member of The Human rights council under the President of Russian Federation Pavel Chikov, IEML rector Asiya Timiryasova made their speeches.
“Our institute is socially-oriented non-commercial organization that fruitfully realizes social projects. The most important one is rendering free legal aid to the population”, - Asiya Vitalyevna emphasized in her speech. – A law clinic started functioning in April 2001; the main consultants in it were law faculty students. Since 2010 Public legal Prosecutor's office started its work on the basis of this law clinic, and in 2014 the institute initiated the opening of the first and so far the only one in the Republic of Tatarstan Non-state center of free legal aid. The center’s distinctive feature is that all of its employees have a law degree and are able to render qualified and professional legal assistance”.