24.04.2018

On the Kyrgyz Republic’s Compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Alternative Report for the 95th Session of UN CERD April 24 – May 11, 2018

This report was prepared on the basis of the joint human rights missions of ADC “Memorial” and Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan in November and December 2017 and January 2018, during which mission members collected field information about the situation of ethnic minorities in the north and south of Kyrgyzstan. It includes analyses of complaints made by victims of discrimination who appealed to Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan for help and the materials of court proceedings initiated on the basis of these complaints. It also uses data from published sources and the media.