The Report of Russian Jurists on the Legal Recognition of the Value of Life And Human Dignity of a Child at the Stage of Prenatal Development

17^th February, 2015, the website “State and Religion” published the English version of the report “On Legal Bases for Legal Recognition of the Value of Life, Human Dignity, and the Right to Life of a Child at the Stage of Prenatal Development”. The document is prepared by Russian jurists: Ponkin I.V., Yeremyan V.V., KouznetsovM.N., Ponkina A.A., and published in Russian on the 1st July, 2014.

This Report has been prepared due to an appeal of the Russian Orthodox Church Representation in Strasbourg.

This Report is based on the understanding of the social importance of legal establishment of well-defined legal status of the child at the stage of prenatal development from conception1to birth and the importance of protection of the child at the stage of prenatal development.

The Report is prepared by a group of specialists:

Ponkin Igor V., doctor of science (Law), professor of the Institute of Public Administration and Management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; director of the Institute of relations between the State and religious denominations and Law, Professor of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University, State Professor

Yeremyan Vitaly V., doctor of science (Law), professor of the Institute of Public Administration and Management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, State Professor (Moscow).

Kouznetsov Mikhail N., doctor of science (Law) Professor of the Law Department of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, State Professor (Moscow).

Ponkina Alexandra A., PhD (Law), Deputy Director of the Institute of relations between the State and religious denominations and Law, expert of the Consortium of experts on patients' rights (Moscow)