On 3-4 December, 2013 in Geneva international forum on “Business and Human Rights” organized by the United Nations Organization was held. It was attended by more than 1,600 participants, including government officials, representatives of business and civil society. This was…
By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called “foreign agents law”. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what…
An administrative case against A.Yakimov, one of the organizers of the picket in memory of Timur Kacharava in 2012, which allegedly had “exceeded the maximal number of participants” (Article 20.2 of the Code on administrative violations), has broken some records…
On November 25, 2013 another court hearings were held in the civil case initiated by the procurator’s office against ADC “Memorial”, which insists that the latter should be obliged to be listed in the register of “NGOs carrying out the…
On November 22, 2013 interregional scientific and practical conference on “Cultural integration of migrants: problems and solutions” was organized by the Leningrad regional Committee on local self-government, inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations. Sociologists, political scientists, psychologists, representatives of various civil associations,…
On November 21-22, 2013 International forum “Cooperation between governmental and non-governmental organizations from countries of origin and destination in working with labor migrants from Central Asia” was held in Saint Petersburg. It was organized by the Russian Charitable foundation for…
Feedback