THE CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY OF THE RUSSIAN STATE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The author examines the constitutional duty of the Russian State Institute of development Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation and o ers a number of measures to improve this institution: the establishment of authorized positions in all regions of the Russian Federation, the vesting of Commissioners the right to legislative initiative. <...> K e y w o r d s: the constitutional duty of the Russian state, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, ombudsmen in the Russian Federation, the improvement of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. <...>