Paris-Brussels. 31 May 2019. On the eve of International Children’s Day, FIDH member organization ADC Memorial announces the launch of its #CrossborderChildhood campaign. The campaign advocates for the rights of migrant children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, who are…
Migrant children can end up “unaccompanied” in a foreign country for a variety of reasons, including the illness, death, imprisonment, or expulsion of their parents. Children in this situation are returned by staff members from reception centers or social transit…
The special rights of migrant children are reflected in updated UN and Council of Europe documents. The Chisinau Agreement on the Return of Children, which is in effect in the CIS, is not in line with these norms of international law. Modern forms…
In mid-May, human rights defenders again came out “in support of the new generation” of young people subjected to repressions for their political activism. The anti-fascists in the Network Case and the young people from New Greatness being prosecuted are…
On May 18, 1944 by the decision of the government of the USSR the whole Crimean Tatar peoples were deported from the peninsula of Crimea to the countries of Central Asia. Only 50 years later with the dissolution of the…
Society in Eurasian countries has long displayed a high level of homophobia, stigmatization, and discrimination against LGBT people, which is historically driven by the repressive laws and practices of past decades. This report uses field data and other sources to…
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