The Problem of "Anti-COVID" Restrictions on the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens in the Practice of Russian Administrative Justice

The relevance. This article analyzes the current problems of the content and procedure for enforcing restrictions on the rights and freedoms of citizens established in order to counter the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-2019), which are reflected in the practice of considering administrative cases by courts of general jurisdiction on challenging regulatory legal acts.
The purpose of the article is to study the role and significance of judicial practice in the consideration of administrative cases on "anti-COVID" restrictions on the rights and freedoms of citizens, as well as to develop proposals for improving the legislation of the Russian Federation in this area.
Objectives include the analysis of the reasons why citizens apply to the courts of general jurisdiction with administrative claims to challenge the legality of the "anti-COVID" restrictions on rights and freedoms, their arguments, legal positions expressed in the relevant judicial acts, identifying possible ways of further development of the legislation of the Russian Federation on counteracting the spread of dangerous diseases.
Methodology. In the course of the research, we used analytical, formal legal, comparative legal methods, the method of abstraction, which made it possible to formulate the main conclusions.
Results. Analyzing the practice of consideration in the courts of general jurisdiction of administrative cases on "anti-COVID" restrictions on rights and freedoms, the author comes to the conclusion that the legal positions formulated by the courts are aimed at protecting constitutional values, first of all, the right to life. At the same time, judicial practice to a certain extent fills in the gaps and harmonizes the contradictions inherent in the legislation of the Russian Federation in the area under study.
Conclusions. The author justifies the need for the development and adoption of the Federal Law "On the prevention of the spread of diseases that pose a danger to others", which should take into account the legal positions of the judicial authorities regarding the issues under consideration.

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