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A new UN Independent Expert on protaction against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Vitit Muntabhorn, a Professor Emeritus of Law at Chulalongkorn Univeersity in Bangkok, was appointed recently to this position. Within the mandate,…

Paris-Geneva-Brussels, January 13, 2017. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT partnership, together with the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) “Memorial”, strongly denounce the threats made by the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov via Instagram against…

Si se consagra el cambio legal, Rusia será el país con la legislación más laxa de Europa en la materia. Y toma esta deriva pese al toque de atención de la ONU, que en varias ocasiones ha urgido a las…

European Court for Human Rights has communicated the legal appeal made by ADC “Memorial” and lawyer Olga Tseytlina in defense of a stateless person, native of Georgia, N.G. Mskhiladze, who is being held in the centre for temporary detention of…

On January 29, 2007 we decided to establish a new organization, the Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial.” This January we are celebrating our 10th anniversary and looking back at the results of our first decade of work. In fact, our work to…

Ahead of the 76th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in September 2017, where Tajikistan’s official report for 2010-2015 will be considered, ADC “Memorial” has submitted to the Committee its report on violations of children’s…