Paris, December 22, 2015 – FIDH and ADC “Memorial” welcome the recommendations issued by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) urging the Russian authorities to address the issues of discrimination against migrant women and against…
On December 18, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and since then this day is celebrated worldwide as the International Migrants…
FIDH and its member organisation ADC Memorial Press release Paris, 11 December 2015 FIDH and its member organisation “Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial” strongly condemn the sentence of Russian human rights activist Ildar Dadin to three years in closed detention facility for merely…
Stephania Koulaeva, a historian by education, explains the ever-expanding scope of her human rights work. Her interest was drawn to the memorial movement in Russia: ‘at first from a historical perspective, then from a human rights perspective.’ As a…
On 24-25 November, 2015 the UN Forum on Minority Issues, a special event held within the framework of the UN Special Rapporteur on minorities, took place in Geneva. The eighth session of the Forum was devoted to the challenges faced…
Joint press release The Observartory for the protection of human rights defenders Anti-discrimination Centre Memorial Public human rights organization “Citizen watch” Geneva-Paris, November 23, 2015 The “war” against the human rights movement in Russia is reaching a new stage. While…
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