On October 26, 2026, an informal meeting between members of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and NGOs that had submitted reports on violations of women’s rights by the Russian Federation took place in Geneva…
The report was submitted by the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR), the Anti-Discrimination Center “Memorial,” the Institute for Ecology and Anthropology of Action (INFOE), and NorthWomen. The authors argue that since the Committee’s previous review of the…
During the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) held a discussion on how “foreign agent” legislation and other repressive laws affect women, LGBTQ+ people, and other vulnerable groups, restrict their access to assistance and protection,…
At the annual OSCE Human Dimension Conference, human rights defenders and Indigenous rights activists discussed how a human rights-based approach applies to ideas about a post-colonial future. ADC Memorial organized the discussion. Its aim was to bring a stronger human…
At the annual OSCE Human Dimension Conference, human rights defenders and Indigenous rights activists discussed how a human rights-based approach applies to ideas about a post-colonial future. ADC Memorial organized the discussion. Its aim was to bring a stronger human…
On October 1–2, 2026, ADC Memorial, in cooperation with Ukrainian colleagues, held a seminar in Odesa on monitoring and protecting the rights of children affected by the war and Russian aggression. The seminar brought together staff members of the civic…
A roundup of news from the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG), one of the oldest human rights organizations in Ukraine. Since 2014, KHPG has been documenting war crimes in eastern Ukraine, and since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion…
The ADC Memorial continues to address the issues facing indigenous peoples in its anti-discrimination podcast. The tenth episode of “Connected” features Lev Tannagashev, a young musician from the Shor people, a small-numbered Indigenous people of Southern Siberia. We spoke with…
Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the author of the well-known autobiographical novel Night, wrote that “only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was; the rest will never know.” As Wiesel saw it, “the witness knew…
On October 14, 2026, Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels organises a side event during the annual Warsaw Human Dimension Conference of the OSCE (Warsaw, Sofitel Victoria Hotel, Saski room, 16:00–17:00 CET). Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial (Brussels) proposes to integrate the human rights…
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