On December 18, 2017 passed away Arseny Roginsky, the Chairman of the Board of the International Memorial Society. He had been fighting for historical truth and Human Rights years before the foundation of the MEMORIAL movement and paid for this fight…
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released the concluding observations on the combined twentieth to twenty-third periodic report of Belarus, following the CERD 94th session in November 2017. The Committee made recommendations related to information provided by ADC…
In Memoriam: Nikolay Bessonov
Suddenly, the news came in of the untimely death of Nikolay Bessonov, a Russian artist, researcher of Russian Roma and a great friend of the Romani people. The legacy of Bessonov is vast and varied, he worked very hard –…
From Penury to Prison: The Vicious Circle of Rights Violations Against the Roma of Belarus
ADC Memorial submitted a new report for the 94th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the report was prepared with the participation of the International Center for Civil Initiatives “Our House”). The Human Rights experts…
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its Concluding Observations for the Russian Federation following its 62nd session in September 2017. The Committee issued important recommendations related to the issues raised in ADC Memorial’s alternative report…
On the problem of racism and discrimination in Russia ADC Memorial and the Russian LGBT Network made joint submission: the report focuses on discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, religious affiliation and health condition. Another report…