Theme: children’s rights

Stefania Kulaeva What purpose does withdrawal of children from the family by the state serves, that of protecting the rights of the child or the suppression of the rights of family? In what cases public guardianship authorities can exercise their…

In this alternative report, the Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial focuses on violations of the rights of Tajik children connected with the problem of migration. Labor migration has had an extremely negative effect on the situation of children in Tajikistan. The children…

Ahead of the 76th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in September 2017, where Tajikistan’s official report for 2010-2015 will be considered, ADC “Memorial” has submitted to the Committee its report on violations of children’s…

On December 2, 2016 the City court of St. Petersburg has overruled earlier district court’s decision to expel Mr. K., citizen of Uzbekistan, who had been found guilty of violation of the rules of stay in the Russian Federation (Article…

There is a variety of everyday situations involving children, where it is necessary to observe the principle of the best interests of the child, but there is often a dilemma posed. For example, in case of a divorce of parents,…

Stefania Kulayeva As time goes by, more and more new details become known of how police stormed a house where two desperate students barricaded themselves with a gun in the village of Strugi Krasnye in the Pskov region. It turned…