Anna Stavitskaya

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Edvardovna and the family name is Stavitskaya.
Anna Stavitskaya
Анна Эдвардовна Ставицкая
Born (1972-06-26) June 26, 1972
Moscow, USSR
NationalityRussian
OccupationAdvocate
Known forExtradition cases and representing in the European Court of Human Rights

Anna Edvardovna Stavitskaya (Russian: Анна Эдвардовна Ставицкая) (born June 26, 1972) is a Russian lawyer (advocate) specializing in extradition cases, jury trials, and representation before the European Court of Human Rights.[1] She has participated in a number of high-profile trials, including murder of Anna Politkovskaya,[2][3] scientists accused of espionage (Igor Sutyagin etc.), and the Katyn massacre.

Biography

Anna Stavitskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Kutafin Moscow State Law University in 1996. She has been a lawyer since May 27, 1997. Stavitskaya has an advocate's status (her number in the register of Russian advocates is 77/311) and is the member of the advocate's chamber (bar association) of the Moscow city, she carries out her professional activity as a member of the Kollegium of advocates "Liptser, Stavitskaya and partners".[4]

In 1997, she completed a traineeship at the Danish Institute for Human Rights.[5] In her advocacy, Stavitskaya uses international mechanisms for the protection of human rights.[1]

In 2019, together with journalist and human rights activist Zoya Svetova, she co-hosted the podcast "Pravo Slovo" (“The Right Word”).[6] In it, the two friends — a journalist and a lawyer — used examples of unjust verdicts to highlight problems of the Russian justice system and discussed them in conversations with well-known judges, writers, and artists, seeking to understand how the Russian law enforcement system could be reformed.[7]

Awards

  • 2011: Human Rights Award from Moscow Helsinki Group.
  • Since 2011 she has been named one of the 100 most influential women in Russia by Echo of Moscow, Ria Novosti and the magazine Ogoniok.[1]
  • 2019: became the leader of the rating of the 33 most open and authoritative representatives of the legal profession for the media, compiled by the Institute for the Development of Legal Culture and Communications.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Silvanova, Marina (2018-04-04). "An interview with Anna Stavitskaya". Rights in Russia. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. ^ "Five Men Convicted of Murdering Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya". Time. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. ^ "Lawyer Anna Stavitskaya". Alamy. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. ^ "Результаты поиска по ФИО «Ставицкая Анна Эдвардовна»" (in Russian). The Advocate's chamber of the Moscow city.
  5. ^ "Advocate Stavitskaya Anna Edvardovna". Advocate ratings (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  6. ^ "Право Слово - Подкаст". Podtail (in Russian). 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  7. ^ "«Я не хочу быть судьей. Адвокат – моя профессия». Интервью Анны Ставицкой, в начале июля возглавившей рейтинг открытости адвокатов для СМИ". Новая газета (in Russian). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  8. ^ "Адвокат Анна Ставицкая возглавила рейтинг открытости и авторитета для СМИ". RAPSI (in Russian). 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
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