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This summer in Russia and Belarus has been marked not just by the epidemic, but also by repressions against people advocating for a change in government. The leaders of both countries have flouted essential protective measures to reduce the number…

In June 2020, Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” secured release from temporary detention centre for foreign nationals of two natives of Ukraine, who for various reasons could not be expelled from the Russian Federation. Unfortunately, people like them continue to be deprived…

For the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance The outbreak of Covid-19 has caused raise of xenophobia around the globe, including Russia. In Russia, during the first phase of the pandemic, the group the most…

For the International Day for Protection of Children, a newsletter on children’s rights was issued. Within a new phase of the #CrossBorderChildhood campaign ADC Memorial publishes the minimal standards for interstate agreements on return of children based on contemporary norms…

On the International Day for Protection of Children, ADC Memorial reiterates the issue of migrant children and the necessity of new agreements on return of children between the countries of migration, based on cooperation between social, and not law enforcement, agencies. This is needed to ensure that return of children does not…

The issue topic: CHILDREN’S RIGHTS International Child Repatriation Guidelines The Simplest Way to “Formalize” Stefania KULAEVA UN CRC calls on Belarus to protect the rights of migrant children Migrant Children of St. Petersburg on Online Quarantine Bacha Bazi: A Form…

Julia Alimova, coordinator at Children of St. Petersburg: Children of St. Petersburg has been helping migrant and refugee children adapt to their new culture and society since 2012. We want children to feel comfortable in their new city. We want…

Migrant children cannot be deprived of liberty Deprivation of a child’s liberty solely on the basis of their or their parents’ migration status violates the rights of the child because it contravenes the best interests of the child and leads…

The Palermo Protocol (the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children) concerns trafficking in persons, which means the abduction or receipt of persons, by means of the threat of the abuse of power or…

An urgent call to states, donors and other stakeholders to promote and protect the rights of stateless persons in their COVID-19 responses As governments across the world confront the COVID-19 pandemic, facing deeply challenging decisions on protecting public health while…