On May 14, 2019, Dzerzhinsky district court of St. Petersburg overruled the earlier resolution concerning undesirability of the stay of Mr. Ts., a HIV-positive citizen of Moldova, in the Russian Federation, which had been issued by the office of Russia’s…
Starting 2021, women in Russia will get better access to work in dozens of professional positions in the transportation sector, including work on maritime and riverine vessels. This means that educational institutions will also accept women to departments and faculties…
United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (UN CEDAW) adopted recommendations to Kazakhstan and formed a list of issues for the Kyrgyzstan authorities during the Committee’s 74th session and 76th pre-session. After analyzing the situation with gender…
Today, in 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, we would like to acknowledge the contribution of this important instrument and the treaty body to protection…
Last week, on November 6, 2019 the Moscow city court took decision about liquidation of the non-governmental organization Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North. We consider that another gesture of persecution of defenders of indigenous peoples by…
Svetlana Seleznyova, a practising child psychologist, comments on the practice of separating migrant children from their parents: “The sudden separation of a mother from her child almost always leaves a major imprint on the child’s mind. The depth and severity…
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