Theme: discrimination

Lawyers of the Office for the rights of persons with disabilities (Belarus) with the support of the Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” in April 2020 won the ruling of the court of second instance in a case concerning removal of a child…

For the UN Human Rights Committee session 129 Russian Federation The list of issues regarding access to fair trial and torture of representatives of ethnic and religious minorities   Based on field work and monitoring, ADC Memorial and Citizens’ Watch…

Poor education, unemployment, poverty, raids, pogroms and other manifestations of racism, arbitrary police behavior, demolition of homes, and lack of documents—this has been the reality for generations of Romani people. These factors not only blend together, but also reinforce one…

This marks the 25th year that the UN Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, which was adopted at the UNESCO General Assembly in 1995 to “generate public awareness and emphasize the dangers of intolerance,” has been in effect. The first article…

On One Hectare Olga ABRAMENKO OSCE ODIHR session discussed anti-Roma outbursts in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus Protection of the rights of victims of the anti-Roma pogrom in Ust-Abakan Valery ZAITSEV Police raids against Romani people in Belarus Pavel SAPELKO The…

The NGO Pink began fighting for the adoption of an anti-discrimination law in Armenia in 2012. Since then, several drafts have been submitted for public debate, but these have been criticized by the Armenian Apostolic Church and several homophobic groups….