Theme: NGO

In November 2023, the human rights situation in Russia will be evaluated at the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review, a special UN mechanism. During the prevous cycle of the UPR (2018), Russia was criticized for homophobic legislation and…

Joint Submission of the Anti-Discrimination Center “Memorial”, Russian LGBT Network, DELO LGBT+, and Side by Side International LGBT Film Festival to the Human Rights Council at the 44th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (Fourth cycle, November 2023) Russian Federation….

Happy New Year! The end of one calendar year and the start of another is a good time to talk about which events of the past year hold the promise of change and give us something to work on in…

We, the undersigned 50 organizations of the International Federation for Human Rights, condemn in the harshest terms the ongoing attempts by the Russian authorities to liquidate two of Russia’s foremost human rights NGOs: International Memorial and its related organization, member…

THE OBSERVATORY – PRESS RELEASE Bishkek – Geneva – Paris, October 23, 2018 – Yesterday,the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan granted the petition of FIDH member organization Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan challenging the lower court’s designation of reports by Bir Duino and…

Anti-Discrimination Center “Memorial” made an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) back in 2014 concerning its persecution in Russia. Earlier St. Petersburg city court ordered ADC “Memorial” to register itself in the list of non-governmental organizations “performing…