Legal status of the convention on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the legal systems of member states of the Council of Europe

The article deals with the legal status of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the legal systems of the participating States. In addition, the theories of monism and dualism, which determine the relationship between international and national law, are examined. The grounds establishing the priority of national rules or rules of the Convention in the national law of the member states of the Council of Europe are singled out.