ADC “Memorial” and Russian LGBT Network, which submitted a joint alternative report on discrimination against vulnerable groups in the RF as part of the universal periodic review procedure, welcome Russia’s adoption of a number of important recommendations made by UN…
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Court freed a Georgian citizen from detention, citing the European Convention on Human Rights
St. Petersburg City Court, having considered the legal complaint lodged by lawyer Yury Serov, considered an earlier court ruling concerning expulsion of K., a Georgian citizen whose wife and child are Russian citizens, ruled that it was a violation of…
In my opinion, the draft of the Ministry of Labor order substantially narrows down the list of banned professions for women, which is the result of Svetlana Medvedeva’s case, among other things. First of all, restrictions on the use of…
Irina Solomatina, head of “Gender Route” project, interviewed Mikola Sharakh, Deputy Chairman of the Free Trade Union of Belarus, about the situation of women workers at “Polotsk-Steklovolokno” glass fiber production company. – “Polotsk-Steklovolokno” company website reports that women in the…
In March 2018, the RF Ministry of Labor presented a draft of a new “List of Harmful and Dangerous Workplace Factors and Jobs Restricted for Women.” During the public discussion, the first version of the amended list was criticized by…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” held two side events on the situation of migrant children in the CIS countries and the strategic litigation of cases of discrimination during the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw in September 2018. On September…