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The report of ADC Memorial and AVE Copiii focuses on the problems of children in closed institutions or at risk of getting there: children in prisons or in pre-trial detention, children in the probation system, migrant children, children faced lack…

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” in partnership with its colleagues from Moldova (“Ave Copiii”), Ukraine (“Women’s Consortium”, member of the Coalition for the Rights of the Child in Ukraine) and Belarus (“Our Home”) held an online meeting devoted to the problems of…

On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26th of June, ADC Memorial calls for attention to the specific problem of inhumane treatment and cruelty against children in closed institutions. Some practices that are considered acceptable in treating…

ADC Memorial continues its series publications on children’s rights as part of its cooperation on the project “Promotion of modern international standards of children’s rights: deinstitutionalization and humanization of closed institutions in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine” (supported through the EaP…

June 1 – International Children’s Day – Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” in partnership with colleagues from Moldova (“Ave Copiii”), Ukraine (“Women’s Consortium”, member of the Coalition “Children’s Rights in Ukraine”) and Belarus (“Our House”) raised the problem of observing children’s rights…

Russia has enshrined discrimination against LGBTI+ people in the law in the form of a ban on “the promotion of non-traditional relationships between minors,” which effectively places restrictions on any serious conversation about sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), on…

From 28 April to May 1, an armed conflict took place in the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan borderland, leading to 52 deaths, over 300 others injured, mass displacement, and destruction of civilians’ homes. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with 12…

March being the month of visibility of women’s struggles for equal rights, we present here some news on how women continue their battles against labor restrictions in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Russian Federation In Russia, starting January 1, 2021,…

The creative work of feminist artists has become the subject of investigations by various forces—aggressive women-haters, opportunistic politicians, nationalist activists, religious figures, and criminal courts—and is viewed by these connoisseurs of the arts as (circle what applies) “depravity – indecency…

Fighting the lists of professions banned for women: the #AllJobs4AllWomen campaign The existence of legally-enshrined professional bans for women is a pressing problem throughout the entire region. ADC Memorial has spent many years fighting for gender equality in the workplace,…