Theme: Human Rights Defenders

04.11.2024

Input for a Thematic Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Working in Rural and Remoted Areas. Russian Federation. Repressions against independent defenders of the rights of Indigenous peoples

ADC Memorial and ICIPR submitted an input for a thematic report on the situation of human rights defenders working in rural and remote areas. The report is being prepared by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to be...
02.08.2024

RUSSIA : Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples’ and national minorities’ rights organisations in the list of “extremist organisations”

On July 25, 2024, the Russian authorities designated several Indigenous Peoples’ and national minorities’ rights organisations and other groups as “extremist organisations”. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and the Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial (ADC Memorial) urge...
27.07.2024

The Statement of The International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR) regarding the inclusion of 55 associations in the list of “extremist organizations”

The International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR) expresses extreme concern and indignation over the inclusion of 55 Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, national minorities, decolonial, and other associations in the list of “extremists” by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation....