The Minority Forum aims at addressing the interrelatedness and interconnection between the promotion and protection of the human rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. This year’s Forum is convened on the theme “Statelessness: A…
The right to respect for private and family life is one of the most important universally recognized human rights and is protected by Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This article…
During the 63rd meeting of the pre-session working group of the United Nations’ Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR), lists of questions to the authorities of Belarus and Ukraine were drawn up on the eve of the…
During its 71st Session, the Committee to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women made a recommendation to the Government of Tajikistan to repeal articles 160, 161, and 216 of the country’s Labor Code and the list of professions banned for women. CEDAW…
Two United Nations Committees have recently commented on issues relevant to the situation in Tajikistan. UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) during its 124th session presented the Tajikistan with a list of questions for consideration based on the country’s 3rd periodic…
On October 23, 2018 St. Petersburg city court rejected the legal complaint filed by lawyer Olga Tseitlina concerning earlier ruling by the Moscow district court of St. Petersburg on fining and expelling two citizens of Tajikistan, who had been accused…
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