Аннотация: The article deals with problematic issues of legal regulation of the activities of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation for the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms. It also proposes a number of legislative definitions aimed at resolving issues such as overcoming controversial points of its competence, delineation with the rights and obligations of other courts, executive and legislative authorities, eliminating differences in the initiation of constitutional proceedings depending on depends on the method of filing the complaint.