Tamara Morshchakova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Georgievna and the family name is Morshchakova.

Tamara Georgievna Morshchakova (Russian: Тамара Георгиевна Морщакова; born 28 March 1936) is a Soviet and Russian jurist who served as a judge of the Russian Constitutional Court from 1991 till 2002. Tamara Morshchakova was a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights until 2019.^[1]

Tamara Morshchakova
Тамара Морщакова
Morshchakova in December 2018
Deputy President of the Constitutional Court of Russia
In office 1995–2002
Preceded by	Nikolay Vitruk [ru]
Succeeded by	Vladimir Strekozov [ru]
Judge of the Constitutional Court
In office 29 October 1991 – 29 March 2002
Personal details
Born	Tamara Georgievna Morshchakova (1936-03-28) 28 March 1936 (age 88) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Residence	Moscow
Alma mater	Moscow State University (Faculty of Law)
Occupation	Lecturing, writing, researching about the law and rights
Known for	Developing 1993 Russian Constitution, researching in the Law and Rights, a judge in the Constitutional Court of Russia, forensic expert

Biography

Tamara Morshchakova was born on 28 March 1936, in Moscow.^[2]

She was appointed a judge of the Constitutional Court by the Congress of People's Deputies in 1991. Tamara Morshchakova participated in developing of many laws, including 1993 Russian State Constitution,^[3] participated in developing of a project of the Law on the Constitutional Court of Russia.^[2]

Tamara Morshchakova was elected in 2013 for the Commissioner from Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an international institution inside the International Commission of Jurists, and then re-elected in 2018.^[3]

Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights

Morshchakova during a meeting with President Putin in the Kremlin, 2003

Tamara Morshchakova was a long time member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, approx. since 2000s, when the Council's chair was Ella Pamfilova.^[4][5] She resigned from the Council on 21 October 2019, when President Vladimir Putin had dismissed five core members of the Council (Higher School of Economics' professor Mikhail Fedotov,^[6] political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann, lawyer Pavel Chikov, Higher School of Economics' professor Ilya Shablinsky, and lawyer Yevgeny Bobrov), saying that the former Council, that was intended for human rights, had disappeared, and she doesn't want to work in the new Council, if the Council is intended for other else tasks.^[1][7][8][5]

Publications

Tamara Morshchakova is author of about a hundred of publications on the Law and Rights, including these (listed in Russian original language)^[2]

• "Эффективность правосудия и проблемы устранения судебных ошибок", в соавторстве [Efficiency of Justice and problems redressing forensic errors, co-author] (1975);
• "Теоретические основы эффективности правосудия", в соавторстве [Theoretical bases of judicial efficiency, co-author] (1980),
• "Оценка качества судебного разбирательства по уголовным делам" [Ranking of the quality of forensic inquiry in the criminal cases] (1988),
• "Судебная реформа" [Justice reform] (1990);
• Учебник уголовного процесса, соавтор [Learning book on criminology process, co-author] (1990, 1995, 1998, 1999)

References

1. "Putin removes critical voices from his rights council". France 24 English. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
2. "Морщакова Тамара Георгиевна". Совет при Президенте Российской Федерации по развитию гражданского общества и правам человека (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
3. "Commissioners from Europe and CIS". International Commission of Jurists. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
4. "Миссия Совета". Совет при Президенте Российской Федерации по развитию гражданского общества и правам человека (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
5. Светлана Сухова (October 21, 2019). ""Иногда слова бывают не менее важны" Судья Тамара Морщакова комментирует кадровые перемены в СПЧ" (in Russian). Retrieved October 28, 2019.
6. "Федотов Михаил Александрович". HSE University (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
7. "Тамара Морщакова сообщила о своем выходе из СПЧ". Business FM (in Russian). October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
8. "Putin Pushes Critical Voices Out Of Russia's Human Rights Council". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.