The Presidential Library told about the constitutional right of citizens to protect family, motherhood and childhood

On April 29, 2022 the Presidential Library hosted a video lecture entitled “The Constitutional Right of Citizens to Protect Motherhood and Childhood and the Family” as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. The event continued the cycle of lectures "Man, his rights and freedoms - the highest constitutional value".

The author of the lecture was Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of State Law of the Pushkin Leningrad State University Vadim Mamonov. He focused on the constitutional support and protection of the institution of the family by the state, about the duties of parents to raise children and the duty of able-bodied children to take care of their parents and revealed the main guarantees of the rights of a child in the Russian Federation.

The materials from the practice of the Commissioner for the Rights of the Russian Federation under the President of the Russian Federation, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation were used at the event.

The history of the fundamental law of our country is available in the Presidential Library’s materials. They are presented in the special digital collection Constitution - Basic Law. The collection includes the texts of the constitutions of the Russian state of various historical eras - the first constitution of the RSFSR of 1918, three constitutions of the USSR (1924, 1936 and 1977), the constitutions of the RSFSR of 1925, 1937 and 1978, the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993, as well as original texts and editions of the constitutions of individual subjects of the Russian Federation.

Interactive lessons and video lectures are regularly held at the Presidential Library. Detailed information is available on the institution's portal in Multimedia Lessons section and in the Video lecture - for school section, which features records of lectures and open lessons held at the Presidential Library.

The event is available on the institution's RuTube-channel.