During the meeting of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (UN CEDAW), the head of the official Ukrainian delegation Natalia Fedorovich, chairman of the department of family, gender policy and combating human trafficking of the Ministry…
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New alternative report of ADC Memorial on the Russian Federation’s Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights submitted to the UN Committee Alternative Report «The Russian Federation: Violation of the Economic and Social Rights of Roma…
The alternative report “Ukrainian Women: Caught Between New Challenges and Long-Standing Discrimination,” which was prepared by ADC Memorial with support from the Centre for Social and Gender Research (Kyiv), was submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all…
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,…
Threats against Caucasian Knot Editor by Chechnya’s Parliament Speaker Must Be Investigated
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…