Today, December 10th, marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The first article of the Declaration states: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” We asked our colleagues and members of vulnerable groups about what equality in dignity and rights means to them.
ADC Memorial supported translation and publication of the extremely important report of the St.Petersburg Public Monitoring Commission members on torture of detainees and witnesses by FSB officers. Among the victims – defendants of the so-called “the case of Network”. The…
Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseeva, aged 91, passed away on December 8, 2018 in Moscow. Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” expresses its condolences to all the relatives and colleagues of Lyudmila Alexeyeva, as well as all people she took care about…
1st of December – World AIDS Day. Despite the AIDS has been comprehensively researched since 1980th, and the retrovirus therapy allows HIV-positive people to live an ordinary life, there are a lot of myths and prejudices around the HIV\AIDS. Due…
The Minority Forum aims at addressing the interrelatedness and interconnection between the promotion and protection of the human rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. This year’s Forum is convened on the theme “Statelessness: A…
The right to respect for private and family life is one of the most important universally recognized human rights and is protected by Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This article…
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