On December 23, 2019, Vsevolozhsk city court (Leningrad Region), after having examined the application of lawyer Yuri Serov, ruled to release two stateless persons who had been held in a centre for temporary detention of foreign nationals for a long…
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The Christian Science Monitor: Rise of the Volga boatwomen? Russia ending gender bar on many jobs
The Christian Science Monitor: Svetlana Medvedeva spent years studying for her chosen profession, Volga River boat captain, before she hit a roadblock in the form of a law she had never heard of. Ms. Medvedeva had the necessary degree, training,…
The European Parliament reiterated that the ‘foreign agent’ legislation violated the international human rights obligations of the Russian Federation and called the government to annul it. The recent amendments about the persons-‘foreign agents’ are vague, contradict the principles of legal…
Topics related to the situation of vulnerable groups were included on the list of questions addressed to the Ukrainian government during the 127th session of the UN Human Rights Committee. In assessing the level of representation of women in political…
In anticipation of International Migrants Day on December 18, ADC Memorial, Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan, and the International Legal Initiative welcome recommendations to improve implementation of international treaties and realize fundamental human rights that Kazakhstan received as part of the Universal…
To the International Migrants Day ADC Memorial has prepared special issue of human rights bulletin dedicated to the rights of migrants and stateless people and #CrossborderChildhood campaign. Content: Discrimination due to Family Circumstances Court overrules Russian consumer watchdog’s decision on…