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…
ADC Memorial has led the fight against legal bans on the labor of women in hundreds of professions, including prestigious and high-paying ones. The campaign #alljobs4allwomen, which was launched on March 8, 2017, and the joint efforts of activists, human…
ADC Memorial works to protect the rights of women from vulnerable groups (migrants, Romani women, and women from other ethnic minorities. As part of its international advocacy work, it has prepared alternative reports on gender discrimination in the region for…
ADC Memorial documents instances of structural discrimination against Romani people in the region, protects the rights of Romani people in courts and through international advocacy, and publishes educational materials, including in the Romani language. It devotes special attention to protecting…
Statelessness became a common phenomenon after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Stateless persons are deemed to have violated migration rules and are sometimes illegally held in prison conditions in temporary detention centers for foreign nationals for months or sometimes…
Children are part of mass migration in Eurasia, but are not mentioned in the migration laws of individual countries as independent rightsholders. The main document regulating the movement of children in the region is still the outdated and repressive Chisinau…
Access to realization of human rights is limited for citizens of Eastern European and Central Asian countries who have been forced into labor migration. Individual countries fail to implement their international obligations in their migration strategies, and there is a…
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