The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) published its concluding observations and recommendations to Kyrgyzstan following the consideration of the country’s official state report during the 95th session of the Committee on April 23-24, 2018. The…
Theme: LGBTI rights
In line with EU policy of consulting civil society ahead of the event, ADC “Memorial” contributed to the 11th EU and Georgia annual Human Rights Dialogue that took place in Brussels on 25 April 2018 in presence of the EU…
POLITICO: Letter from Kiev. The double-exile of Dr. Anton “Life for this middle-aged, soft-spoken doctor had become unbearable in his hometown of Donetsk, a frontline city held by Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine. His decision to leave, however, was not…
Specially for the campaign #AllJobs4allWomen a woman, who had been fired from a printing shop following the change of sex and the change of information on sex in her passport from “male” to “female”, told her story of discrimination. Her…
Amnesty International Ukraine joined the campaign against homophobia in Chechnya and Donbas #StopLGBTpersecution, launched by ADC Memorial, the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine) and FIDH. “We express our solidarity and support to LGBTIQ people in Chechnya and Donbas who are…
For twenty years, June 26 has marked International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Despite being outlawed in most countries, torture, unfortunately, is still widespread. Of particular concern is evidence of the use of torture against detainees, prisoners, and…