Theme: Roma rights

Upon starting work at school №9, teachers begin to learn the previously unknown to them Roma language straight away. This is necessary, since a large number of Roma pupils attend this school. On January 30th, the school held a seminar…

The presentation of «Roma in Russia – romantic myths on the background of total discrimination» by Stefania Kulaeva and Olga Abramenko  in the frame of the fifth public seminar of the Centre for Independent Social Research «Research of ethnicity, migration, and…

Authorities from the Russian Federation have admitted to violating terms by detaining, arresting, and mistreating aliens after the ADC Memorial filed against them last year. Russia admitted violations of Articles 3, 5.1, 5.4 and 13 of the European Convention for…

 2011 Update to the Report “Forced Evictions and the Right to Housing of Roma in Russia” (2008) The threat of forced evictions remains a reality for all Roma communities whose houses and land are completely or partially unregistered. In its…

Within the framework of this project, Memorial lawyers M. Arefieva and M. Nosova carry out legal monitoring in locations where Romani-Kotlyars live compactly, enlist the services of local lawyers and consult them on questions of legal support for this ethnic…

The Constitutional Court declared that paragraph 4 of article 292 of the Civil Code is unconstitutional. This paragraph allows parents to dispose of the premises that provides the only housing for their child.