Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen

Chapter II. Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen

Article 17. Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen

1. The fundamental rights and freedoms of man in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug are recognized as inalienable, belonging to a person from birth, and cannot be restricted otherwise than by federal laws in cases and in the manner provided for by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

2. In the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the equality of citizens of the Russian Federation in all areas of society, regardless of race, nationality, gender, language, social origin, social, official, or other status, attitude to religion, and other factors of social or personal character, is recognized.

Article 18. Guarantees of the Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen

1. The authorities of the autonomous okrug, local self-government bodies are obliged to create conditions on their territory for the unhindered and effective exercise of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights and freedoms of man and citizen provided for by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal laws.

2. The authorities of the autonomous okrug cannot adopt regulatory legal acts that restrict or infringe upon the rights and freedoms of man and citizen established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Article 18.1. Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

1. The position of Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is established in the autonomous okrug.

Information about changes:

By the Law of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of September 28, 2015, No. 82-OZ, part 2 of Article 18.1 of this Charter is presented in a new edition, which enters into force from the date of official publication of the said Law.

See the text of the part in the previous edition.

2. The procedure for the organization and conduct of the activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is determined by the law of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Article 18.2. Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

1. The position of Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is established in the autonomous okrug.

2. The procedure for appointing a candidate to the position, the legal status, main tasks and competences, as well as the premature termination of powers of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug are determined by the law of the autonomous okrug, taking into account the provisions of the Federal Law of May 7, 2013, No. 78-FZ "On Commissioners for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Russian Federation."

Information about changes:

By the Law of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of May 31, 2016, No. 53-OZ, this Charter is supplemented by Article 18.3, which enters into force from the date of official publication of the said Law.

Article 18.3. Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

1. The position of Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is established in the autonomous okrug.

2. The procedure for appointing a candidate to the position, the legal status, main tasks and competences, as well as the premature termination of powers of the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug are determined by the law of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

GUARANTOR:

See the Law of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of May 31, 2016, No. 54-OZ "On the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug."

Article 19. Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North

The authorities of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug take measures to revive, preserve the identity, and ensure the free development of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North living in its territory.

For these purposes:

Information about changes:

By the Law of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of June 13, 2013, No. 48-OZ, amendments were made to paragraph 1 of Article 19 of this Charter, which entered into force on January 1, 2014, and are applied to legal relations arising when drafting and executing the okrug budget and the Chukotka Territorial Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund budget starting from the budgets for 2014 and the planning period of 2015 and 2016.

See the text of paragraph 1 in the previous edition.

1. when forming the draft okrug budget for the next fiscal year and the planning period, budget allocations are provided for:

• supporting and developing traditional trades and traditional nature management;

• the construction of housing, healthcare, cultural, educational, and communal facilities in areas of compact residence of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North;

• the revival, preservation, and development of culture, national art, native language;

• targeted training of personnel from among the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North to work in the state bodies of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, local self-government bodies, organizations located in the traditional areas of residence of these peoples;

Information about changes:

By the Law of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of July 30, 2007, No. 62-OZ, paragraph 2 of Article 19 of this Charter was amended, which entered into force from the date of official publication of the said Law.

See the text of paragraph 2 in the previous edition.

2. subsidies, privileges on regional taxes may be provided to organizations engaged in traditional activities of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, with a predominant composition of employees from among these peoples;

3. Excluded.

Information about changes:

See the text of paragraph 3 of Article 19.