We were off on a new journey. This time it was our northern capital, Pskov, Izborsk and Pushkinskiye Gory that expected us. We were 20: eight children and two volunteers from the Centre for education and adaptation for children of…
In the last few years the number of children from national minorities has increased in Russian schools. Some children have two native tongues, if the parents come from different cultures and want their child to know both languages.
What are children’s rights and how do they differ from the adult’s rights? What is the difference between ‘Human Rights’ and ‘Rights of the Child’? Not every person is a child, but every child is a person. Moreover, every person either once was…
Joint Statement by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Miloon Kothari
In October 2007, Memorial organised two events dedicated to the problems of education for Romani young people. A round table on the problems of Roma access to secondary and higher education took place on October 13th. Participating in the discussion…
These days, rare are those who doubt that the right to education is one of the most important of adult and children’s rights. There is no doubt that education is valuable in itself: knowledge not only allows a person to…
Dear Editor, I would like to tell you about two events which took place in our town, both of which ended tragically. A Roma man – we shall call him V. – was put in prison in his youth. He…
It seems obvious. But to get people to acknowledge this natural right can at times be very difficult. Millions of people in Europe speak the Romani language, but only a very few of them study or have studied the language…
In November 2008, several different events all addressing one specific issue took place at ADC Memorial: improving the quality of education of Roma children.
On December 22, 2008, first-graders from the Osel’ki school, who live in a nearby Roma village, together with their teacher Elena Evgrafova and an activist from the parents’ committee Elza Mikhai came to St. Petersburg. They walked along the Neva,…
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