26.07.2019
Theme: CERD
26.07.2019
ADC “Memorial” submitted information regarding the situation in Crimea to Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination In August 2017 Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted the Concluding Observations on the report of Russia. In paras 19-20 the Committee expressed its concern regarding the ban and strict limitations on the operation of Crimean Tatar representative institutions,...
19.07.2019
Application within early warning and urgent action procedure of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Mass arbitrary detention of Roma in Belarus in May 2019 On May 16, 2019, over 100 Roma people, including women, elderly people, and children, were subjected to illegal detention and inhuman etreatment by police officers in Mogilev Oblast, Belarus. At the time of writing the present report in July 2019,...
19.07.2019
Information about the Inter-Ethnic Conflict and the Current Situation in the Village of Chemodanovka, Penza Oblast, Russia This report is based on information gathered by ADC Memorial staff during a field trip to Chemodanovka and also on information from open sources. Summary: On June 13, 2019, Romani people and other residents of the village of Chemodanovka, Bessonovsky...
15.02.2019
Human Rights Defenders Welcome Kyrgyzstan’s Plan to Implement CERD Recommendations FIDH and its member organizations welcome the Kyrgyz government’s adoption of the Interagency Roadmap for 2019–2022 to implement CERD’s recommendations. These recommendations were issued by the Committee after its consideration of Kyrgyzstan’s state report and alternative reports from civil society,...
15.01.2019