Feedback On November 25, 2014 lawyer Olga Tseitlina managed to get overruling of earlier court decision made by Kirovsky district court of Saint Petersburg on February 7, 2014 in the case of Ilgar A., who had left his country of origin…
STATELESS PEOPLE: PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, there are currently an estimated 12 million stateless people in the world. The number of such people in Russia is estimated to be about 178,000. The collapse of the Soviet Union has led to an increase in the number of stateless persons, especially among those who belonged to national minorities: there were people that the emerging post-Soviet governments considered to be belonging to citizenship of other countries, even if they had lived on certain territories for many years. A large number of stateless persons are those of Roma origin.
The state must protect everyone, including persons without citizenship, against violations of human rights. Detention of stateless persons in detention centers for foreign nationals with the aim of further deportation from the country for violating the rules of stay in Russian Federation can not be considered legitimate as deportation is not feasible in such cases.
Updates
In November 2014 the ruling of European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in case of “Kim vs. Russia” came into effect. This court ruling was crucial for the situation of inmates of centers for detention of foreign nationals, especially those…
In July 2014 European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has made several important rulings on appeals made by citizens of the Russian Federation concerning conditions of custody. One of the appeals was a result of common work of the lawyers…
The Anti-discrimination centre Memorial has published materials and documents on the case Lakatos and others v. Russia. The publication includes the following materials: – The European Court of Human Rights decision on the complaint No. 32002/10 Anna Lakatosh and Others…