GENEVA (23 March 2020) – Governments must ensure that their response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not contribute to xenophobia and racial discrimination, and must eradicate xenophobia throughout all State policy and messaging, said E. Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on…
More and more people stop giving women flowers and wish them “female happiness” on International Women’s Day, but instead organize talks and discussions about what really worries women and the problems they have to fight against on a daily basis,…
During the sessions in February and March 2020, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (UN CEDAW) addressed its recommendations to Moldova and asked the authorities of Ukraine and Azerbaijan about measures to ensure equality in…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” and “Kyrgyz Indigo” LGBTIQ human rights organization welcome the recommendations on improving the situation of discriminated groups, which were given to Kyrgyzstan within the framework of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In the alternative report…
The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR), having considered the report of Ukraine during its 67th session, recommended the country to supplement its anti-discrimination legislation and to adopt measures for improving the situation of vulnerable…
Rustamjon S., a citizen of Tajikistan, was banned from entering the Russian Federation at the end of 2017 for the reason of a minor violation of traffic rules. This decision of the Russian immigration authorities became almost a disaster for…
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