Pavel Chikov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Chikov.
Pavel Chikov
Павел Чиков
Chikov in 2019
Born (1978-05-19) May 19, 1978 (age 46)
Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Lawyer, human rights activist
AwardsThorolf Rafto Memorial Prize (2014)

Pavel Vladimirovich Chikov (Russian: Павел Владимирович Чиков; born May 19, 1978) is a Russian lawyer, human rights activist, and public figure. Chikov is the head of the Agora International Human Rights Group and a former member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights from 2012 to 2019.[1]

Biography

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Chikov was born on May 19, 1978, in Kazan to a family of biologists.[2] His mother is of Tatar origin, and his father is Russian.[3]

In 2000, Chikov graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law of Kazan State University with a degree in International Law.[4] During his university years, Chikov worked as an assistant investigator at the prosecutor's office. Then he got a position at the Committee for the Protection of Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan.[3]

In 2001, Chikov launched the Kazan Human Rights Center.[5][6] The same year, he temporarily moved to the United States to obtain a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of North Dakota.[7]

In 2003, Chikov received Ph.D. in law at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan with a dissertation on Military Sanctions in International Law.[8]

In 2003, he headed the legal department of the Public Verdict Foundation in Moscow.[9] He held this position until 2005. In 2003, Chikov also worked for Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Open Russia political party, where he set up a human rights department.[10][11]

It was reported in May 2004 that a live grenade was thrown at the door of Chikov's apartment. The grenade failed to explode for technical reasons.[12] Chikov connected the assassination attempt to his activities at the Kazan Human Rights Center. The police opened a criminal case regarding the grenade use, but the case remained unsolved.[13]

In April 2005, Chikov headed the Interregional Office of the Agora Human Rights Organization.[14] In 2015, he became the Head of the Agora International Human Rights Group and held this position until 2016, when Agora was closed by a court order.[15]

In October 2019, Chikov was expelled from the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights for criticizing the government.[16]

In October 2020, he nominated his candidacy for the position of judge at the European Court of Human Rights.[17]

In March 2023, Russian Ministry of Justice added Pavel Chikov to its registry of foreign agents.[18][19][20]

Other

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Chikov is also known as a human rights trainer for the Moscow Helsinki Group, an expert of the Human Rights Institute on human rights violations by law enforcement agencies and social control, and a member of the Russian Association of International Law.[21]

Since 2001, he has taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of Management in Kazan. In addition, he was an assistant professor at the Department of Constitutional and International Law.[22]

Chikov is a co-author of reforming the Russian Interior Ministry, which was proposed for implementation in 2010 by the working group on Interior Ministry reform and voiced by the Russian Public Chamber.[23][24][25][26]

Moreover, Chikov is a columnist for the Russian Forbes,[27] RBK, Vedomosti,[28] Republic.ru,[29] and Novaya Gazeta.[30]

Awards

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In 2014, Pavel Chikov and the Agora Human Rights Group were awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for defending human rights.[31]

Personal life

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Chikov is married to Irina Khrunova, who defended one of Pussy Riot members, Yekaterina Samutsevich, in 2012.[32][33] They have two children.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "Чиков* Павел Владимирович | биография и последние новости". ФедералПресс (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. ^ "Павел Чиков — об учебе, начале карьеры, КПЦ и былой "войне" с МВД. Часть I". RFE/RL (in Russian). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. ^ a b "Павел Чиков". 24SMI (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  4. ^ "Чиков Павел Владимирович руководитель Международной правозащитной группы "Агора"". БИЗНЕС Online (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  5. ^ "Борцы с произволом: "Мы не кровожадные, но…" | Вечерняя Казань". www.evening-kazan.ru. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  6. ^ "Правозащитный Центр Казани стал единственным в Европе обладателм премии Макартуров". ИА REGNUM (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  7. ^ "Biographies of the nominated members of the Expert Council on NGO Law. July 2021 – July 2024". Council of Europe.
  8. ^ Чиков, Павел Владимирович (2003). Военные санкции в международном праве (кандидат юридических наук thesis) (in Russian). Казань.
  9. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2021-06-18). "'You Have to Read the Signals': The Human Rights Lawyer Taking On Russia's Most Sensitive Cases". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  10. ^ Sieca-Kozlowski, Elisabeth (2009-03-01). ""We make precedents, pushing the whole system and giving hope to society" – E-mail interview with Pavel Chikov, Agora Association, 7 July 2008". The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies (in French) (9). doi:10.4000/pipss.1979. ISSN 1769-7069.
  11. ^ "Пензенский проект Павла Чикова: как работает рекрут армии предателей". 1pnz.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  12. ^ "Казанские правозащитники под ударом". sutyajnik.ru. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  13. ^ "Татарский национализм и дела о пытках: о чем правозащитник из Казани рассказывал Дудю* 2 часа". 116.ru - новости Казани (in Russian). 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  14. ^ "Russia: Court Orders Rights Group Closed". Human Rights Watch. 2016-02-11. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  15. ^ Birnbaum, Michael (2016-02-10). "Russian court shuts down human rights group in continued crackdown". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  16. ^ Luxmoore, Matthew (2019-10-23). "Critics Warn Of A Backslide After Putin Reshuffles Human Rights Council". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  17. ^ "Правозащитник Павел Чиков поборется за пост судьи в ЕСПЧ от России". Ведомости (in Russian). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  18. ^ "Russia's Justice Ministry names blogger Ilya Varlamov and lawyer Pavel Chikov 'foreign agents'". Meduza. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  19. ^ "Update to 'foreign agents' list: Pavel Chikov, Ilya Varlamov and others". Novaya Gazeta Europe. 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  20. ^ "Правозащитника Павла Чикова и блогера Илью Варламова объявили "иностранными агентами"". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  21. ^ "Павел Чиков, член Совета и председатель Международной правозащитной группы "АГОРА" сегодня отмечает день рождения". www.president-sovet.ru. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  22. ^ "Руководитель самой известной правозащитной организации Павел Чиков рассказал о делах Pussy Riot, Олега Кашина и иностранных агентах". altapress.ru (in Russian). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  23. ^ "В Татарстане общественники внесли свои предложения по реформированию МВД | Права человека в России". hro.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  24. ^ "Концепция реформирования МВД РФ". publicverdict.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  25. ^ "Два органа внутренних дел". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  26. ^ "Сколько татарстанских дел зависло в ЕСПЧ?". БИЗНЕС Online (in Russian). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  27. ^ "Павел Чиков". Forbes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  28. ^ "Павел Чиков". Ведомости (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  29. ^ "Павел Чиков | Republic". republic.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  30. ^ "В "Новой газете" опубликована статья члена СПЧ Павла Чикова о проблемах восстановления прав в случае врачебных ошибок". www.president-sovet.ru. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  31. ^ "Rafto". The Rafto Foundation (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  32. ^ Любимова, Ольга (2013-02-04). "Адвокат Ирина Хрунова о критике, клевете, Европейском суде и деле Pussy Riot". AiF (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  33. ^ ""Известия": В СПЧ подозревают, что правозащитники имеют личный интерес в инциденте с Толоконниковой - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  34. ^ Вольская, Венера (2017-12-12). ""Себя тоже защищаем". Павел Чиков о полиции и несправедливых приговорах". AiF (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
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