Theme: UPR

At the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review, which will be held in November 2023, UN member states will make recommendations on the observance of human rights in a number of countries in the region: Russia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and…

This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s key concerns regarding the Russian government’s compliance with its international obligations since its last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2018. From that time through 2021, the government relentlessly attacked civic activism and independent journalism,…

Based on the results of the consideration of the state report at the 109th session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination addressed its recommendations to the authorities of Tajikistan. They respond to the problems raised in the…

The reports of ADC Memorial cover the problems of vulnerable groups in these countries, including discrimination based on gender and ethnicity. As for vulnerable ethnic minorities, the report on Uzbekistan is focused on the problems of education in native languages,…

By the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review, ADC Memorial and the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia, with the support of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), made a…

By the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review, ADC Memorial and the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia, with the support of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), made a…