A press-conference of the Center for information and analysis «Sova» and Anti-discrimination centre «Memorial» took place at the Institute of regional press in St. Petersburg on March 20, 2013. Alexander Verkhovskiy, director of «Sova» center and Natalia Yudina, expert of…
ADC Memorial is organising a round table «Migrants’ children in Saint-Petersburg: defending the rights of children from vulnеrable groups». Representatives of law-enfoercement bodies, FMS (Federal Migration Service), social services as well as ombudsmen, human rights defenders, journalists and parents of…
ADC MEMORIAL has submitted an alternative report “The situation of Children belonging to vulneruble groups in Russia” to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The report concerns such problems as hate crime and police violence against minorities…
ADC “Memorial” monitors situation of the rights of Roma in Kaliningrad region for a long time now. Our staff has visited Kaliningrad and met with the members of the local Roma community on numerous occasions. Together with lawyer Ella Alexeyenkova we…
For several years at the primary school in Plekhanovo village in Tulskaya region a summer camp for Roma children takes place. For 3 weeks, about 40 pupils participate in lessons and developing exercises taught by school teachers, visit different museums of the city. uring…
Executive summary: Human rights publications Hatred of political actors to minorities is a serious reason for objections Stephania Kulaeva International events Discrimination of «visual minorities», roma, migrants and indigenous people: Russia’s report for the UN. The recommendations of the UN…
On March 4 ADC “Memorial” has held an exit seminar for migrants from Uzbekistan living in Krasnoselsky district of Saint-Petersburg. Same as with previous exit seminars, ADC “Memorial” staff has tried to talk about topics most interesting and useful to…
According to the results of consideration of the RF periodic report, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 26 and 27 February 2013 formulated recommendations to the RF authorities in its concluding remarks. Due to alternative…
The second edition of the “History and Culture of the Romani people” contains seven chapters devoted to the history of the Romani people, the development of the Romani language and culture, the presence of Romani people in world literature. In…
In Dushanbe on 27 February 2013 a training-seminar related to the issues of practical application of the migration legislation in the Russian Federation, and organised by«Centre for Human Rights» of Dushanbe and ADC «Memorial», took place. The lawyers of Centers…
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