On October 15, 2014 ADC “Memorial”, Information and analytical center “Sova”, LGBT initiative “Vykhod” (“Way Out”) took part in a meeting in Moscow with three OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on combatting discrimination and promoting tolerance as part the latter’s two-day…
ADC “Memorial” has obtained a copy of a striking document – a denunciation written in the name of Roma people from the Leningrad Region to the Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika. We think there is merit in publicizing this document…
The judicial panel of the Saint Petersburg city court, composed of presiding judge Gavrilova and judges Salnikova and Marina, ruled to decline ADC “Memorial’s” appeal against the earlier decision of Leninsky district court, which had required ADC “Memorial” to get…
On March 26, 2014 Saint Petersburg ombudsman A.Shishlov presented annual human rights report for 2013 to the deputies of the Saint Petersburg legislative assembly. Among other things report featured materials which were prepared by the city’s human rights organizations, including…
The right to education is one of the most important social and cultural human rights, while education itself is a necessary condition for children’s socialization. As a participant of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, which protects all…
“Police abuse – a serious threat to the rule of law”, Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, has stated recently. Among other things Muižnieks pointed out the responsibility of the states and of all the…
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