In November 2014 the ruling of European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in case of “Kim vs. Russia” came into effect. This court ruling was crucial for the situation of inmates of centers for detention of foreign nationals, especially those…
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Arranged marriages: good or evil?
Recently the world was shocked by a tragedy in Pakistan: 24-year-old Farzana Parveen, who was on the fourth month of pregnancy, was stoned to death for marrying the man that she loved against the will of her parents. The murder…
“…with further deportation from the Russian Federation” – this is now the usual ending of court rulings on administrative violations of migration regulations committed by foreign nationals in Saint Petersburg. On August 9, 2013 changes to the existing regulations on…
Starting 2005 the long-established October Revolution day (November 7), which had been celebrated by several generations of Soviet and post-Soviet people, was replaced in Russia with the Day of National Unity (November 4) to commemorate liberation of Moscow from the…
Roma children’s right to education: various practices, but the same discriminatory approach
When signing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a state acknowledges at the international level the right of each child to education. Concrete essence of each right evolves and becomes more detailed as international standards, practice of international…
Immigrant children’s rights violated
Immigration rules in Russia became stricter recently, especially in the four regions of Russian Federation that receive the greatest number of immigrant workers (Moscow, Moscow region, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad region). But the children of immigrants had found themselves in the…