In 2009, 20 years will have passed since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations. This anniversary provides us with a wonderful excuse to turn our attention to the problem of children’s rights,…
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On July 8, the volunteers of the ADC Memorial have visited a Roma settlement in the town of Peri, the Leningrad region. The volunteers organised an interesting educational class for the children.
In June 2011 workers of the ADC Memorial learned about mass violations of foreign workers’ rights. Hired by contractors firms they work as street cleaners in the Nevsky district of Saint Petersburg.
New number of bulletin published
The 34th number of the ADC Memorial Bulletin has been published. It contains:
On July 3, 2011 the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial organised a seminar within the project “Legal help and protection of national minorities in the North-Western region of Russia” (supported by SIDA). Work migrants and foreigners living in St Petersburg participated in…
Prejudice continues against Russian Roma
Russia’s minority Roma population has experienced a recent wave of violent attacks and fear they may soon be deported. Link to the transcript and video on abc.net.au.