The Concept and Types of Principles of State Human Rights Activities

The author analyzes the views presented in modern science and formulates the author's concept regarding the terms and types of principles of state human rights activities. The paper draws attention to the issue of the role of the principles of state human rights activity to increase its effectiveness. In the theoretical and legal aspect, the problem of the correlation of categories of principles of law, legal principles and principles of state human rights activity is studied. The analysis of the principles of state human rights activity enshrined in legislation is carried out, and their classification is proposed. It is concluded that the principles of state human rights activity are fragmented in the Russian legislation, and that there is no unified system of these principles, which negatively affects the stability and quality of the human rights work of state bodies. Proposals have been formulated to amend the legislation of the Russian Federation regarding the requirements for state human rights activities. One should agree with the authors who believe that «the principles of human rights protection should be conceptualized beyond the limits of liberal ideology. Human rights protection needs to find moral grounds and a closer connection with the principles of real democracy.» Taking into account the current stage of development of Russian statehood and the unique domestic experience in this field, it is necessary to radically rethink the human rights axioms that have developed over the past decades and propose a fundamentally new paradigm for the development of the state system of human rights protection in the context of traditional Russian principles and values.