Paris – Geneva – Saint-Petersburg – Moscow, August 19, 2008 – TheUnited Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination(CERD), an independent body which monitors implementation of theInternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of RacialDiscrimination, has just released…
ADC Memorial Statement On the Occasion of Human Rights Day, December 10, and the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Offener Brief von Memorial Deutschland an die Botschaft der Russischen Föderation in Deutschland
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH, Paris) Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights (Moscow) Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” (Saint Petersburg) PRESS RELEASE 13 February 2009 RUSSIA’S FIRST UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE MOST SERIOUS HUMAN…
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”
News from FARE – Football Against Racism in Europe 9 June 2008
Dear Mr. Diene, As representatives of non-governmental human rights organizations engaged in combating racism, discrimination and xenophobia, we feel obliged to strongly support your report and recommendations devoted to the Russian Federation and presented on 11 June 2007 at the…
Landmark Victory in Roma Segregation Case Strasbourg, 13 November 2007/—In a momentous decision for minorities across Europe, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, by a vote of 13 to four, ruled today that segregating Roma students…
At a recent sitting, The Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation discussed the issue of the anti-Georgian campaign that has unfolded in many regions of Russia.
In recent months a number of Roma families in several European countries have been evicted by force from their homes. In most cases the decisions were taken by local authorities. The tenants were not given adequate notice or offered a…
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