After the review of the state report of Russia, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women issued a number of important recommendations concerning women from vulnerable groups (their situation is described in the report of ADC Memorial…
Article 7 of The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (whose adoption is marked on November 20, World Children’s Day) states that a child has the right from birth to a name and a right to know their parents….
The state report of the Russian Federation was considered at the 80th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on November 2-3, 2021. Alternative material by ADC Memorial, Citizen’s Watch in cooperation with the project…
At the 80th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on November 2-3, 2021, the observance of women’s rights in Kyrgyzstan was considered. The Committee’s experts paid great attention to the information from civil society…
European States and regional institutions need to step-up and commit to clear actions to protect the rights of all children to a legal identity and nationality. This includes children born in conflict zones, for whom creative solutions to the specific…
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of the Russian Federation, with Experts commending policies in favour of the family and women, and asking about gender-based violence, and the…
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan, with Committee Experts asking about the country’s list of jobs which women were prohibited from holding, and about the participation…
Dopady sibiřské zlaté horečky: Současná těžba zlata na Sibiři má dalekosáhlé ekologické i sociální důsledky. Nejde přitom jen o devastaci divoké přírody, ale také o ničení kultur původních kmenů. Ruské úřady nicméně nad katastrofickou situací spíše zavírají oči. Ruská Sibiř…
In addition to open-pit coal mining, which has had a major impact on Shors, a small-numbered Indigenous group from South Siberia, gold mining companies are also expropriating Indigenous Peoples’ lands where they have led their traditional lifestyles for centuries, polluting…
Mr Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, presented a new report on discrimination in the context of housing to the UN General Assembly on October 26, 2021. This described problem is global; different groups…
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