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Evgenia Markova fought for her right to work in Russia as a truck driver for a long time, and achieved her goal despite the law banning this profession as “hazardous for women”. In the video clip (made specially for ADC…

Guissou Jahangiri (Afghanistan), vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in her video statement in support of the campaign all-jobs4-all-women says about hard economic situation of women in Tajikistan; there is high unemployment, hundreds thousands residents of…

Evgenia Markova fought for her right to work in Russia as a truck driver for a long time, and achieved her goal despite the law banning this profession as “hazardous for women”. In the video clip (made specially for ADC…

Speech at informal briefing with the Committee In today’s Armenia, ethnic minorities are still often discriminated – there is predominance of cultural and social stereotypes towards people that are not ethnically Armenian and have a different religion to that prevailing…

During the informal meeting with NGOs the Committee Experts showed great interest in the problem of non-fulfillment of the decisions of the Council for Equality, the issue of incomparably high levels of intolerance against the Roma people, particularly exclusion from…

Due to the legal assistance provided by lawyer Yury Serov and ADC “Memorial” on April 3, 2017 two stateless persons were freed from the temporary detention center in Krasnoye Selo (Leningrad region) following the ruling of the St.Petresburg city court….

Urgent Need for Sustained Solidarity with LGBTI People in Chechnya and Donbass Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity are sadly still common phenomena. Many are in need of support, international solidarity, and protection. Recently, the situation…

“Order” or human rights, what is more important? This was the question posed by the lawyer representing the interests of Noe Mskhiladze (with the support of ADC “Memorial”) in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. On April 18, 2017…

Article 19 of the Russian Constitution reads: “Any form of restriction of the rights of citizens on the basis of social, racial, ethnic, linguistic or religious affiliation is prohibited”. The recent ban on the activities of the Administrative Center of…

ADC “Memorial” in partnership with the PromoLEX (Moldova) has submitted to the 92th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Alternative report that point out the existing discrimination of ethnic minorities in Moldova. After the 2011…