On November 20, World Children’s Day is celebrated – as anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). The UN documents and mechanisms are…
One of the most noticeable trends in legislative thought in the summer and fall of this year concerns various prohibitions on propaganda. Russian parliamentarians are passionately discussing what kind of “propaganda” they should ban: Article 280 of the Criminal Code…
The declared goals of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine changed “in accordance with the current situation”, but at the same time they were of a “fundamental nature,” Vladimir Putin announced to the “voenkory” (military correspondents) astonished by this statement. From…
In the spring of the current year, against the backdrop of exciting news from the Ukrainian fronts, the topic of persecution of labour migrants in the Russian Federation started to attract more and more attention, especially regarding Tajikistanis. At first,…
Russia’s recent appearances at UN bodies have prompted a sharp reaction: Over 50 countries condemned the invitation of Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova to an informal meeting of the Security Council on April 5 and blocked the official live feed of…
Reactions to the news about the warrant issued by the ICC for the arrest of Putin and Lvova-Belova are pouring in every day and even every hour. The last one is Volodin’s proposal to ban the ICC not only in…
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