
”When I remember the things that happened to me my heart stops beating.” — A former prisoner recalls his time in detention. The NGOs jointly issuing this statement urge the Uzbekistani authorities to live up to their international human rights…
”When I remember the things that happened to me my heart stops beating.” — A former prisoner recalls his time in detention. The NGOs jointly issuing this statement urge the Uzbekistani authorities to live up to their international human rights…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found violation of several articles of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to Elena Berkman, one of the participants of the Coming Out Day in St. Petersburg in 2013. These include…
ADC Memorial joins the campaign #GenderEquality launched yesterday on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence and discrimination affect persons of different genders: there is also Transgender Day of Remembrance in November, when we commemorate victims…
Members of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBTI+ Rights stated that the so-called “conversion therapy” was a highly discriminatory practice that violated the rights of LGBTI+ people and caused them serious physical and psychological suffering. Such “correction” of sexual orientation…
In 2017 the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) addressed 19 general and two priority recommendations concerning combating racism and intolerance to the Ukrainian authorities. The Commission recently came to the conclusion that its urgent recommendations, which had addressed…
Amendments to the Russian family and civil legislation, which have been proposed in July 2020 and were aimed at “strengthening the institution of the family” were criticized by both human rights activists and experts from the State Duma, the lower…