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Working group of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women filed a thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council, which focused on the discriminatory legislative norms as well as economic and social aspects of the infringement…

Starting August 4, 2014 Russian citizens have yet another duty before their country – all Russians having a second citizenship or permanent residence status in another country must notify Russian authorities about this. Failure to notify supposes criminal prosecution, no…

Editorial Notes Who would grasp it with the mind? by Stefania Kulayeva Roma rights Roma people and police by Sergey Mikheyev Sentence based on false testimonies by Piotr Krasnov International news ADC “Memorial” participated in OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting…

In July 2014 European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has made several important rulings on appeals made by citizens of the Russian Federation concerning conditions of custody. One of the appeals was a result of common work of the lawyers…

by Stefania Kulayeva Following the shooting down of Malaysian Airline MH17 flight, people started bringing flowers and toys to Dutch embassies. I couldn’t understand – who are these toys for, why?.. Are they the symbols of murdered children, children who…

by Olga Abramenko Justice of peace of Rostov region made a ruling on July 8, 2014, which obliged NGO “Union of Women of Don” to pay Rb300,000 in penalty payments because organization failed to get voluntarily listed in a special…

ADC “Memorial” in St Petersburg, having been judged in court to be an NGO which “fulfils the functions of a foreign agent” and been forced to close down, has now taken its case to the ECtHR. The  ADC’s human rights…

Ukrainian and Russian bloggers published a list of accounts in various social networks, belonging to “volunteers” from Russia who are fighting for Donetsk and Lugansk “people’s republics”. It is noteworthy to see how they represent a whole spectrum of various…

  Recently European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) has combined several court cases related to justice in Russia based on systematic violations of the rights of prosecuted who had been ruled guilty in the absence of key witnesses. In all…

ADC “Memorial” with support from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has prepared report to the 111th Session of the UN Committee on Human Rights devoted to violations of civil and political rights of minorities, including ethnic groups, migrants,…