On the occasion of the 48th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of May 2011, the Anti-Discrimination Center (ADC) “Memorial” presents an update to its 2009 report “Discrimination and Violation of Roma Children’s Rights In Schools…
The 60th anniversary of victory over fascism has just been celebrated. May 9 is a special day for the Romani people. This people, proclaimed “racially inferior” by Hitler’s pseudo-scientists, was destined for annihilation. Among the Nazis’ victims were half a…
As it is well-known, Russia is a member of the Council of Europe and actively signs and ratifies many conventions and agreements obligating Russia to ensure that the rights and freedom of its citizens are protected. The same protections apply…
Under the general title of “socially significant diseases” the following ones are normally listed: tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malignant neoplasms, pancreatic [insular] diabetes, mental disorders and postural deformities, high blood pressure….
A seminar with this topic took place in the city Volzhskiy in the Volgograd region from 1 to 5 of June, 2005. To represent us our staff members Vera Beljavskaja and Antonia Syxovskaja participated therein.
On 1 October 2005 the Cultural Center in Romani settlement of Leskolovo celebrated its 20 year anniversary. On stage many congratulations to self-denying workers of the “culture-front” were heard – first of all to the director of the house of…
Because I hold a scholarship of the “Open Society Institute”, I had the possibility to spend a two monthly internship at the European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) in Budapest/ Hungary.
In the North-Western Center for Social and Legal Protection of Roma two Romani human rights activists are pretty well-known: Vera Belyavskaya and Antonina Sukhovskaya. From every new task Vera and Antonina gain even more experience about the work with the…
In August 2005 an international seminar “Research methods of culture in human sciences” took place in the region of Odessa. Among the participants were ethnologists, linguists, historians, political scientists from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria and Greece.
Recently events have occurred in Pskov which alarmed the Romani population as well as human rights activists: in many places of the city were posted anti-Romani leaflets, which raised a national quarrel. “Memorial” contacted the law machinery of Pskow with…
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