In September 2020, the European Commission adopted a number of policy documents, including the EU Anti-racism Action Plan 2020-2025 and the EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation. Despite the fact that these documents relate only to the…
The new 71th issue of the human rights bulletin of ADC Memorial has been released. The issue includes a legal response to anti-Roma activities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus; violations of the rights of indigenous peoples in Russia; political emancipation…
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child published the List of Issues on compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child which will be discussed when considering the state report by Ukraine in 2021. The List…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” welcomes the decision of the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Filipp Kostenko and several other applicants. On October 20, 2020, the European Court of Human Rights issued its decision in the case…
Irina Kostevich, Belarusian Minister of Labor and Social Protection, has announced the government’s plans to abolish the list of professional occupations prohibited for women, which currently includes 181 professional occupations and 42 spheres of work. In her opinion, modern technologies…
On October 16, 2020, expert of ADC Memorial Eugenia Andreyuk addressed the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights during its session on the latest developments in Belarus, together with the representatives of the Belarusian Human Rights community, Ales Beliatskiy (Human…
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