Paris, Brussels, Bishkek, 7 March 2024 Until recently, labor laws in many Eastern European and Central Asian States banned women from hundreds of professions. Since 2017, a number of States have abolished these lists of prohibited occupations; in Russia, Belarus…
February 27, 2024 We, 32 Russian and international human rights organizations, condemn Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court’s sentencing today of Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Human Rights Defense Center Memorial, to 2 years and 6 months in prison on politically motivated charges…
On the anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine, ADC Memorial presents a publication based on real stories of Ukrainian children who left their homes in Ukraine and then…
Upon consideration of Russia’s state report at its 95th session in January 2024, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued recommendations to Russia with harsh criticism of violations of children’s rights. The Committee took into account reports…
Having considered the state report of Turkmenistan at the 87th session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women gave the country’s authorities important recommendations on many articles of the Convention. A number of them relate to gender…
After reviewing the state report of Tajikistan at the 87th session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women published recommendations to the country’s authorities. The Committee is concerned about the obstacles that the authorities of Tajikistan are…
In 2019, the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan abolished the odious List of jobs prohibited for women (Resolution No. 865-1 of 06/10/2019 “On invalidation of the List of jobs with unfavorable working conditions in which the use of female labor…
We, members of the International Memorial Association, consider it vital to draw attention to the new instances of persecution of our colleagues that have occurred in the recent weeks. Human rights activist and former member of the Memorial Human Rights…
Upon consideration of the state report of the Russian Federation at the 95th session of the UN CRC in January 2024, the Committee issued recommendations to Russia with harsh criticism of violations of the rights of Ukrainian children. The Committee…
On 2 February 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued landmark decisions in two cases against Russia initiated by Ukraine on 16 January 2017 regarding terrorism financing and racial discrimination, and on 26 February 2022 regarding genocide allegations. While…
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