Kristina Mikhai lives in the village of Kalinichi, near Tambov. There is a big settlement there of the Kelderar Roma existing for 30 years. The Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial helps residents of the village to register their houses and advocates the…
Taisiya Krikunova, a primary school teacher of school No. 71 in Astrakhan, tells about her experience of working with Roma children. The school she works at is participating in the Memorial-organized project “Advocacy of the rights of the Roma children…
Socio-economic rights are not considered by Russian lawyers as obligatory to fulfill and are violated everywhere in Russia. In this article we focus on the socio-economic rights of the Roma population of Russia, though this problem affects all citizens of…
From the 5th to the 10th of April, 2010 the 35th Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) took place in Yerevan. An international forum “Justice: new demands – the right to effective means of defense and impartial…
In terms of demographic crisis, the aging of population and the lack of labor forces state authorities to recognize the huge role of migration in empowering the Russian economy. The state strives to govern the migration process, to regulate it…
Pacta sund servanda (“agreements must be kept”) is one of the principles of international law prescribing observance of the international treaties by states.
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