On August 3-4, 2017 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) reviewed the reports of the Russian Federation on the implementation of the relevant convention. The Committee took into account alternative materials, including the report prepared by…
HRW: ‘I Only Wish I Could Exchange My Life for Another’ It’s significant that hostility towards LGBT people was acknowledged as a motivating factor precisely because hate crimes are a serious issue in Russia, and something that the United Nations…
GENEVA (31 July 2017) – The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held an informal meeting with civil society representatives from the Russian Federation, whose report will be considered this week. In her opening remarks, Anastasia Crickley,…
Seeking asylum and obtaining refugee status in Russia is notoriously difficult, and the country is often criticized by rights defenders for not doing enough. Even though Russia adopted the UN mandate on refugees, which means it is duty-bound to accept them, a…
ADC “Memorial” supported alternative report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding discrimination against indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation. The report was prepared by the International Work…
On July 24th 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation approved the appeal lodged by Svetlana Medvedeva and called for a retrial in the case of the refusal from the Samara river passenger company to hire the woman as…
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