Marking March 21 – the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, ADC Memorial and the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia have prepared an alternative report to the UN CERD, informing the Committee about the violation of…
Theme: Roma rights
For the past year, ADC Memorial has been monitoring the many violations of the rights of people belonging to groups vulnerable to discrimination in war situations. The military aggression of Putin’s regime caused tremendous suffering to all inhabitants of Ukraine…
Lack of documents, difficulties during the evacuation, denial of humanitarian aid and social support – all this is the daily routine of Roma families who fled the war. The Zmina Human Rights Center published a report that collected their stories….
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, many Ukrainian Roma, including those from Transcarpathia, fled the war to European countries. However, most of them did not receive protection when faced with local bureaucracy and discriminatory attitudes. Women and children…
On December 8, Romano vož magazine published an article about how people from various volunteer initiatives and NGOs help Roma from Ukraine who fled the war. According to them, in most cases, the Czech authorities are removed from solving the…
UN CERD drew attention to the problem of discrimination against Roma children in Georgian schools
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the 108th Session in November 2022 reviewed the state report of Georgia and alternative materials submitted by representatives of the civil society. In its recommendations, the Committee expressed concern about…