Theme: Human Rights Defenders

Geneva, 26 September 2017. The UN Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights observed the report of the Russian Federation. In the alternative report of ADC Memorial (with the participation of CrimeaSOS and the NGO “Revival of Kazas and Shor…

On August 3-4, 2017 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) reviewed the reports of the Russian Federation on the implementation of the relevant convention. The Committee took into account alternative materials, including the report prepared by…

Paris-Geneva-Brussels, January 13, 2017. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT partnership, together with the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) “Memorial”, strongly denounce the threats made by the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov via Instagram against…

The 39th FIDH Congress, meeting in Johannesburg (Republic of South Africa) from 25 to 27 August 2016, wishes to express its solidarity and its support with human rights defenders who, across the planet, are subjected to harassment, attacks, repression and…

Civil society faces various difficulties in many countries of the world: various states use a different means to complicate the work of NGOs and independent human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers and experts. Sometimes the authorities act boldly and simply do…

July 13, 2016, Brussels. Joint Hearing of the shrinking space for civil society and the problem of repressions against Human Right defenders took place in the European Parliament; the event was organized by the Committee on Development and the Subcommittee…