Russian organizations, both public and private, often impose discriminatory requirements on contractors, a new post from RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, highlights. Many official tender documents explicitly state that cleaning, security, and equipment installation must be handled exclusively by people…
The new Labor Code of Kyrgyzstan, which entered into force at the end of January 2025, generally lifted professional bans for women, while maintaining restrictions on certain professions only for pregnant and lactating women. This measure became a success of…
Brussels, Belgium, 4 March 2025 Today marks three years since the EU activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), which provided a safe pathway to protection for millions of people fleeing the war in Ukraine. It was a powerful demonstration of…
Three years have passed since the beginning of full-scale Russian aggression, when millions of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes under shelling and take their children to safe places. Many of the children who left Ukraine at that time…
The government of St. Petersburg has announced that the city‘s surveillance cameras will be set up to recognize ethnicity. The contract for the relevant services was signed by the Committee on Interethnic Relations. As Stefania Kulaeva, expert of ADC Memorial,…
Three years have passed since the beginning of full-scale Russian aggression, when millions of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes under shelling and take their children to safe places. Many of the children who left Ukraine at that time…
Starting from February 17, additional professions in Russia have become accessible to women. This follows the enactment of Decree No. 724n by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation on December 25, 2024. The decree amends…
The European Parliament hosted a discussion “Exploitated Lands, oppressed peoples: discrimination and persecution of the Indigenous peoples of Siberia, the North and the Far East,“ co-organized by Anti–Discrimination Center Memorial Brussels and Rasa Jukneviciene, MEP from Lithuania. We publish the…
February 4, 2025, the European Parliament hosted a discussion “Exploitated Lands, oppressed peoples: discrimination and persecution of the Indigenous peoples of Siberia, the North and the Far East,“ co-organized by Anti–Discrimination Center Memorial Brussels and Rasa Jukneviciene, MEP from Lithuania….
In January 2025, ADC Memorial and International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia submitted a number of analytical materials to the UN bodies, highlighting the problems of Indigenous peoples. ADC Memorial and ICIPR informed the UN Special Rapporteur on the human…
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