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…
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…
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…
On April 8, 2014, expert meeting of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ”Police and Roma and Sinti — Current Challenges and Good Parctices in Building Trust and Understanding” was held, which was devoted to relations between the…
The right to housing is one of most basic human rights and implementation of some other human rights depends on it, including the right to education, healthcare, social welfare and friendly environment. But the rights of Roma people for proper…
Paris 29 October 2014 – Between 23 October and 2 November 2014 the authorities of Moscow are implementing “Operation Migrant 2014′, aimed at cracking down on “illegal” migration. 7000 migrants were arrested in the first four days during mass raids…
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