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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found violation of several articles of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to Elena Berkman, one of the participants of the Coming Out Day in St. Petersburg in 2013. These include…

ADC Memorial supports the campaign #Genderequality and publishes an animated mini-film “You are not alone” opposing domestic violence as a form of gender discrimination. Women are the most vulnerable and unprotected in the countries that have no laws against domestic…

It’s happened many times before: As soon as someone is rubbed the wrong way by something, they start screaming “Discrimination!” For many people, the word “discrimination” signifies everything they don’t like, everything that bothers them personally. You failed a test?…

In November 2020, the 13th UN Forum on Minority Issues took place, this year it was held online and dedicated to hate speech and overcoming it. Presented there were the recommendations developed during previous regional forums, including the European Regional…

ADC Memorial joins the campaign #GenderEquality launched yesterday on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence and discrimination affect persons of different genders: there is also Transgender Day of Remembrance in November, when we commemorate victims…

16 November 2020 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened its 102nd session online, hearing statements from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High…

On November 5, 2020, the Eighth Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction annulled two resolutions (No. 151 and No. 152) of the Government of the Republic of Khakassia dated April 15, 2019. According to these resolutions, a total of 17 land plots…

Last week, the UN Human Rights Council reviewed the situation in Belarus as part of the Universal Periodic Review and the OSCE Special Rapporteur on the situation in Belarus published a report. On November 3, 2020, Belarus presented its national…

In the present submission Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial provides information on the situation of ethnic minorities in Kazakhstan, the situation of vulnerable groups – women, children and migrants – during COVID-19 pandemic, and wide-spread homophobia and lack of protection by state….

Of over 190 ethnic groups inhabiting Russia, 40 are classified by Russian legislation as “small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East” and thus recognised for their unique way of life and the need for an exclusive set…