Welcome to my virtual office!
My name is Oleg Anishchik, and I am pleased to share with you my extensive knowledge and expertise on the jurisprudence and working methods of the European Court of Human Rights.
My journey with the ECHR began during my scholarship at Duke University’s Institute of Transnational Law at the University of Geneva in the early 2000s. I became fascinated with European human rights standards and continued to delve deeper into this area of law. Upon my return, I defended my Candidate of Juridical Sciences (equivalent to a doctorate) thesis, conducted academic research and taught ECHR law at my alma mater. I also worked as a staff attorney for the American Bar Association’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Programme (ABA CEELI).
Later, I became deputy coordinator of the US Department of State’s Regional Initiative. After completing legal skills training at Rutgers University in the US, I returned to run the NGO Centre of Clinical Legal Education and Human Rights Protection for several years, where we provided hands-on work with the ECHR.
Since the early 2010s, I have been offering my legal services online as a private practitioner registered in St Petersburg. I have assisted my clients in over 1,200 cases and given thousands of consultations on the ECHR. In recent years, I have expanded my practice to include cases against various states, individual communications to UN committees, and requests to the Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files.
If you are interested in seeing examples of documents I have prepared for the ECHR, please feel free to scroll down this page.
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Case of Bulgakov
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judgment of 23 June 2020, the ECHR found a violation of the applicant’s freedom of expression as a result of the blocking of access to the applicant’s entire website on the basis of a single piece of prohibited material and the continued blocking even after the material had been removed. The written observations of the respondent Government in this case can be found
here.
Applicant’s written observations
(Russian version)
Case of Laptev
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judgment of 9 February 2021, the ECHR found a violation of the right to life of the applicant’s brother, who was found dead while in custody, and the ineffectiveness of the relevant investigation. In this case, I prepared the applicant’s written observations, which were signed and submitted by the applicant’s representative.
Applicant’s written observations
(Russian version)
Case of Lazutkin
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judgment of 4 February 2020, the ECHR found a violation of the rights of the applicant, a lawyer, in connection with searches of his home and offices under a law that lacked procedural safeguards to prevent interference with professional secrecy.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of Gyrlian
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judgment of 9 January 2019, the ECHR found a violation of the applicant’s right to the peaceful enjoyment of property as a result of the confiscation of undeclared USD 90,000, the origin of which was known and not illegal.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of Maleyev
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decision of 4 December 2019, the ECHR discontinued the proceedings as, following the communication of the application to the respondent Government, they acknowledged the violation of the applicant’s rights by the conditions of his detention and offered to pay him €7,000 in compensation.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of Skvortsov
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decision of 7 October 2014, the ECHR discontinued the proceedings as, following the communication of the application to the respondent Government, they acknowledged the violation of the applicant’s rights by excessive and unjustified detention and offered to pay him €7,000 in compensation.
Application
(in Russian; prepared using an application form used until 2014)
Case of Neznakhin
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judgment of 6 April 2023, the ECHR found a violation of the freedom of peaceful assembly in respect of the applicant, who was found to have participated in a march in support of Ivan Golunov in Moscow on 12 June 2019.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of Nikolayev
The case concerns the prolonged non-enforcement of the judgment in favour of the applicant. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 28 January 2019.
Applicant’s written observations
(Russian version)
Case of Sablina
The case concerns the prolonged failure of the authorities to provide adequate assistance for the enforcement of the judgment in favour of the applicant. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 23 February 2018.
The applicant’s written observations
(Russian version)
Case of Kuznetsov
The case concerns a violation of the right to a fair trial on account of the use of the applicant’s statement against himself, which was obtained without him being given the opportunity to be assisted by a lawyer. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 30 November 2020.
Application
(In Russian)
Applicant’s written observations
(Russian version)
Case of Stupko
The case concerns a violation of the applicant’s right to the peaceful enjoyment of property by the quashing of the final judgment in his favour as a result of the granting of the respondent’s repeated appeal to the President of the Supreme Court, which was filed out of time and did not contain any references to fundamental violations capable of justifying the quashing of a final judgment. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 28 September 2018.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of Aleksandrov
The case concerns a violation of the right to the peaceful enjoyment of property by imposing on the applicant, as the acquirer of a property, the burden of responsibility for the errors of the authorities in allowing initially untrue information to be entered into the State Real Estate Register, even though transactions relating to that property had been carried out several times before the applicant. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 4 October 2021.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of the “Volya” political party
The case concerns violations resulting from the de facto inability to defend itself against charges of extremism, which ultimately led to the liquidation of the party. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 21 October 2021.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of Sivtsev
The case concerns a violation of the principle of legal certainty by reason of the unforeseeable reopening of the statute of limitations due to the accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation, which enabled the authorities to bring a claim against the applicant, as a result of which he lost his property. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 15 December 2021.
Application
(In Russian)
Case of Menshikov
The case concerns a violation of the applicant’s rights by placing him in a metal cage in court. The ECHR
communicated the application to the respondent Government on 02 March 2023.
Application
(In Russian)
