Legal Encyclopedia. Letter O

REFERENCES OF CITIZENS

- The importance of the constitutional and legal means to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens, which is one of the organizational pravovyhgaranty their protection.

OG involves the participation of citizens in governance, decision of government and public affairs, the opportunity to actively influence the citizen on the activities of state bodies and local authorities and is a way to restore the violated rights through petitions, complaints and petitions.

Forms OG .:

1) a proposal - does not infringe the rights of citizens and is aimed at:

a) improvement of the order of organization and activity of local self-government bodies, public organizations;

b) addressing the economic, political, social, cultural and other spheres of activity of local governments; 2) application - OG on the realization of the right or legitimate interest, not associated with the breach, containing requests for meeting the needs and requirements of people:

a) an improvement of housing conditions;

b) the appointment of pensions;

c) exemption from taxes or tax benefits, etc .;

3) the application - OG with a request to recognize the face a certain status, rights and freedoms:

a) for refugee status;

b) the recognition of displaced person, etc .;

4) The complaint - OG concerning infringement acts or omissions, the decisions of officials, state or municipal employees right or legitimate interest.

The right to have the OG:

1) Citizens of the Russian Federation;

2) foreign nationals;

3) persons without citizenship;

4) non-governmental organizations in order to protect their rights and interests, the rights and interests of St. oih members.

Citizens have the right to direct both individual and collective appeals to be sent, if the affected rights and interests of people.

OG may be in written or oral form. Incoming OG registered as from that moment begins to flow Procedural time limit within which an appeal must be considered.

Content OG .:

1) the name and address of the authority or official who directed OG .;

2) a statement of the merits;

3) surname, name and patronymic of the accesses;

4) the address or the data about the place of work or study addressed;

5) the date of signature.

In the case of OG does not contain this information, it is recognized anonymous and is not subject to review, except for anonymous reporting of crimes received by the law enforcement agencies.

Terms of consideration OG .:

1) proposals for - up to 1 month, except for proposals which require further investigation;

2) for applications - within one month from the date of its receipt, and who do not need to be tested - without delay but not later than 15 days from the date of receipt of the application; 3) the complaint:

a) up to one month, if required further study;

b) without delay, but not later than 15 days from the date of receipt of the complaint;

c) if the special inspection is required, the complaint resolution period is extended, but not more than one month from the notification of the complainant.

Applications and complaints of servicemen and their families are considered in a shorter period.