The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) issued its recommendations following consideration of Russia’s state report made at the Committee’s 64th session. Recommendations of the Committee reflected on the problems raised in the alternative coalition report of civil society organizations, in…
In Tatyana Chistova’s film, old Roma survivors of World War II share their memories. Testimonies by: Nikolay and Dusha Bogdanovs, Zinaida Kozlova, Tatyana Tatarka, Pavel Ivanov Lyrics of the song by Alexander Klein Olga Abramenko – vocals Alexander Zubarev –…
Problems of Roma people are rarely reported on TV or in the press, and if they are being discussed, then, as a rule, the media often use negative stereotypes and myths that have little to do with real life. An…
The Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” was present at the 64th session of the UN Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and raised the issue of inhuman detention conditions of stateless and foreign citizens in SUVSIG….
Following the consideration of the 5th state report of Turkmenistan on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has adopted…
181 professions are on the government’s list of jobs that still can’t be occupied by women, a research by Her Rights initiative said. Women cannot work as rescue divers, carpenters, intercity bus drivers, or tanners. Such lists are still in…
On July 4, 2018 the Chief Directorate for Migration of the Russian Ministry of Interior reported that it works on a draft law that would allow stateless persons and persons, who have stayed in the Russian Federation for a considerable…
On June 14, 2018 the St. Petersburg city court has overruled an earlier decision of the Vyborg district court dated December 14, 2017 concerning administrative deportation of G., a native of Donetsk region of Ukraine. Earlier this person had been…
Are you welcome in Russia 2018 Arbitrariness and football Stefania KULAEVA Bans on women’s labor persist: Russia ignores international standards and Russian court rulings Russia received more than 300 recommendations under the UN HRC Universal Periodic Review Joint Letter to…
The special issue is devoted to the violation of human rights in Russia, the host country of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Are you welcome in Russia 2018 Arbitrariness and football Stefania KULAEVA Bans on women’s labor persist: Russia ignores…
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