The article defines the methods for the protection of social rights of citizens of the Russian Federation, the most effective of which is recognized to be judicial protection. Primarily, attention is focused on the practices of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with regard to the constitutional norms and principles relating to the protection of social rights of the Russian citizens, including equality, justice, state guarantees of the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens, state compensation for damages caused by unlawful acts committed by state and municipal authorities acting in their official capacity. The article contains the analysis of the role of constitutional courts of the Russian Federation with regard to the protection of social rights. The decisions thereof do not only allow assess the status of constitutional legality in various regions, but also offer guidance for legislative and law enforcement bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation and local self-government. The author notes that a great number of cases relating to the protection of fundamental social rights in courts of general jurisdiction is indicative of inefficiencies in the field of social rights of citizens.
social rights, judicial protection, the principle of equality, the principle of equity, public authorities, local governments, constitutional (charter) courts of the Russian Federation, the courts of general jurisdiction.
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