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Today, in 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, we would like to acknowledge the contribution of this important instrument and the treaty body to protection…

This marks the 25th year that the UN Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, which was adopted at the UNESCO General Assembly in 1995 to “generate public awareness and emphasize the dangers of intolerance,” has been in effect. The first article…

Last week, on November 6, 2019 the Moscow city court took decision about liquidation of the non-governmental organization Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North. We consider that another gesture of persecution of defenders of indigenous peoples by…

Svetlana Seleznyova, a practising child psychologist, comments on the practice of separating migrant children from their parents: “The sudden separation of a mother from her child almost always leaves a major imprint on the child’s mind. The depth and severity…

The Third court of cassation of general jurisdiction (St.Petersburg) has ruled that the earlier decisions of the Kuybyshevsky district court and the St. Petersburg city court, as well as the decision of the deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg city…

During the 65th pre-session of the United Nations’ Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR) its members formulated questions to the Azerbaijani authorities concerning respect for women’s rights in education and employment. UN CESCR experts asked for information…

Important cases include protecting the right to education of Andrey Sosnov, who is visually impaired, protecting the right to work of an HIV-positive steward, and protecting the right of HIV-positive foreign citizens to live legally in Russia with their families….

Indigenous peoples living in the harsh climatic conditions of the North, Siberia and the Far East in Russia regularly come up against the predatory policies of mining and oil and gas companies, which are often supported by the local authorities….

  JOINT STATEMENT Paris-Geneva-Brussels-Moscow, November 6, 2019 – Russian state agents searched the Perm office of the human rights NGO International Memorial and the house of its Chairman, Robert Latypov, last Thursday over alleged “illegal logging”. The Observatory for the…

ADC Memorial documents violation of the rights of LGBTI people in the region, publishes human rights reports on this problem, and communicates with international bodies about these violations. In 2017, ADC Memorial launched a campaign of solidarity with LGBTI people…