{"id":36577,"date":"2025-09-15T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/?p=36577"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:47:06","slug":"the-un-committee-on-socio-economic-and-cultural-rights-reviewed-russias-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/the-un-committee-on-socio-economic-and-cultural-rights-reviewed-russias-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The UN Committee on Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights reviewed Russia’s report"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September<\/span> 9-10<\/span>, 2025<\/span>, at<\/span> the 78th<\/span> session<\/span><\/a> of the UN<\/span> Committee<\/span> on<\/span> Socio<\/span>–<\/span>Economic<\/span> and<\/span> Cultural<\/span> Rights in Geneva<\/span>, experts<\/span> reviewed<\/span> the state<\/span> report<\/span> of the Russian Federation<\/span> on<\/span> the implementation<\/span> of the Pact<\/span>.<\/span> Addressing their questions<\/span> to the Russian<\/span> delegation<\/span>,<\/span> the Committee<\/span> members<\/span> had<\/span> in<\/span> mind<\/span> alternative<\/span> information<\/span> received<\/span> from<\/span> civil<\/span> society<\/span>.<\/span> ADC<\/span> Memorial<\/span> participated<\/span> in<\/span> the preparation<\/span> of two<\/span> alternative<\/span> reports<\/span>:<\/span> on<\/span> the rights<\/span> of indigenous<\/span> peoples<\/span> of the Russian Federation<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>in<\/span> collaboration<\/span> with<\/span> the International<\/span> Committee<\/span> of Indigenous<\/span> Peoples<\/span> of Russia<\/span> (<\/span>ICIPR<\/span>)<\/span> and<\/span> the Institute<\/span> for<\/span> Ecology<\/span> and<\/span> Action<\/span> Anthropology<\/span> (<\/span>INFOE<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/span> and<\/span> about<\/span> the rights<\/span> of vulnerable<\/span> groups<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>together<\/span> with<\/span> the Memorial<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights<\/span> Defense<\/span> Center<\/span>,<\/span> Civic<\/span> Assistance<\/span> Committee<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Stichting<\/span> Justice<\/span> Initiative<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The experts<\/span> asked<\/span> the Russian<\/span> delegation<\/span> many<\/span> questions<\/span> about the<\/span> issues<\/span> raised<\/span> in the<\/span> alternative<\/span> materials<\/span>:<\/span> the<\/span> rights<\/span> of Indigenous<\/span> peoples<\/span> to<\/span> resources;<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span> free<\/span> prior<\/span> and<\/span> informed<\/span> consent<\/span> of Indigenous<\/span> communities<\/span> in<\/span> the case<\/span> of business<\/span> projects<\/span> on<\/span> their<\/span> traditional<\/span> lands;<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span> preservation<\/span> of languages<\/span> and<\/span> cultural<\/span> heritage<\/span> of the peoples<\/span> of Russia;<\/span> persecution<\/span> of human rights defenders;<\/span>\u00a0discrimination<\/span> against the Roma<\/span> minority;<\/span> violations<\/span> of women’s rights<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span> the North<\/span> Caucasus<\/span> region;<\/span>\u00a0rewriting<\/span> history<\/span>,<\/span> etc<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The experts<\/span> had<\/span> to<\/span> repeat<\/span> some<\/span> of the questions<\/span> during<\/span> the dialogue<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> as<\/span> the answers<\/span> from<\/span> the Russian<\/span> delegation<\/span> turned<\/span> out to be unsatisfactory<\/span>.<\/span> They<\/span> concerned<\/span> the application<\/span> of the Pact<\/span> in<\/span> conflict<\/span> conditions<\/span>,<\/span> in<\/span> particular<\/span>,<\/span> violation<\/span> of the rights<\/span> to<\/span> preserve<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> identity<\/span> and<\/span> cultural<\/span> heritage<\/span> in the<\/span> occupied<\/span> territories;<\/span> exclusion<\/span> of the Ukrainian<\/span> language<\/span> from<\/span> the school<\/span> curriculum;<\/span> militarization<\/span> of school<\/span> education;<\/span> coercion<\/span> to accept<\/span> Russian<\/span> citizenship<\/span> in the<\/span> occupied<\/span> territories<\/span> and<\/span> dependence<\/span> of<\/span> medical<\/span> and<\/span> social<\/span> guarantees on<\/span> the Russian<\/span> citizenship; deportation of Ukrainian<\/span> children<\/span> to<\/span> Russia;<\/span>\u00a0attacks<\/span> by the Russian<\/span> army<\/span> on<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> schools<\/span> and<\/span> hospitals<\/span>,<\/span> etc<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The recommendations<\/span> addressed<\/span> to the Russian Federation<\/span> will<\/span> be published<\/span> by the Committee<\/span> at<\/span> the end<\/span> of the 78th<\/span> session<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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