Periodization of the Development Legislation on Countering Extremism in Some Post-Soviet States

The formation of a new world order after the Second World War was accompanied by the development of international law, which fixed, among other things, the international legal standard of individual rights. The ideas of the inadmissibility of racism, xenophobia, hatred and their extreme manifestations of terrorist acts are held as a red thread in international legal acts. Since the 1990s, extremism has been considered as a phenomenon, although associated with terrorist activities, but having an independent negative impact on the society. In 2001, the SCO member states adopt the Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism, which marks the beginning of the formation of national anti-extremist legislation in some CIS states. The purpose of the study is to periodize the development of legislation on countering extremism in the states of the post-Soviet space. In the development of special legislation on countering extremism in the post-Soviet space, two stages can be distinguished, each of which has its own characteristics. The period from 2001 to 2009 is the time for the development and adoption of national laws that fix the basic concepts, principles and directions of countering extremism, as well as the issues of international cooperation. At the second stage, from 2009 to the present, the specification of regulatory requirements continues, taking into account the accumulated experience. New laws have been adopted in the republics of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The Shanghai Convention on Combating Extremism, adopted in 2017, specifies the methods of interstate cooperation. However, even taking into account the innovations, special laws on countering extremism are of a framework nature, requiring specification in other laws and by-laws; they are similar in structure and content and have a number of features that are determined by the political and social context.

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