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Memorandum of the Working Group of Human Rights Organizations on the Progress of Police Reform

At the start of 2010 the NGO Working Group on Police Reform developed a Plan for Reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On 19 March 2010 this Plan was presented to a joint meeting of the Working Group, the Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights, and the Civic Chamber's Commission for Public Oversight of the Activities and Reform of Law Enforcement and the Justice System.

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On Compliance of the Russian Federation with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The Alternative NGO Report On Compliance of the Russian Federation with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in the period from 2003 to 2008 has been prepared jointly by a coalition of Russian non-governmental organizations, including Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, "Public Verdict" Foundation, "Memorial" Human Rights Center, "Civic Assistance" Committee, Center for International Protection, National Center for Prevention of Violence "Anna", Center for the Defense of Media Rights, and the Inter-Regional Human Rights Group. Materials for the report have been also provided by Lawyers for Constitutional Rights and Freedoms/ JURIX, Moscow Helsinki Group, the Institute for Human Rights, "Right of the Child", "Social Partnership" Foundation, and other Russian NGOs. Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights coordinated preparation of the Report.

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Investigation and judicial decisions on torture cases: An analysis of cases executed by the Public Verdict Foundation and its regional partners

The Russian Federation, being a party to the UN Convention against tortures and European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, is responsible for preventing torture and cruel and humiliating treatment within its boundaries, the effective investigation of the complaints about human rights violations, the criminal prosecution of the guilty and compensation to the victims.

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MATERIALS PREPARED BY RUSSIAN NGOs OR THE UNIVERSAL ERIODIC REVIEW OF RUSSIA IN THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

This collection of materials has been produced in August-September 2008 by a coalition of Russian NGOs for submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the course of preparation of Universal Periodic Review of implementation of international obligations by the Russian Federation in the UN Human Rights Council. More >

Fabrications of “Islamic extremism” criminal cases in Russia: campaign continues

In the nearly one and a half years that have passed since the last report, the campaign of fabrication of “Islamic extremism” criminal cases passed through an interim period of very relative easing, before once again being stepped up in April 2008.
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Statement of the Rusian human right NGOs

The Russian Human Rights NGOs submitted their Shadow report on the Observance of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the Russian Federation for the period from 2001 to 2006 at 37th session of the Committee continues to monitor the situation. Below is the report of the Russian NGOs on how the Russian Federation observed some of the Committees’ recommendations More >

Law-enforcement bodies VS. Civil society

At the moment the struggle for political stability and state integrity in the Russian Federation is turning into the fight against dissidence, any signs of public political activity and the civil society as it is.
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The First Year of Implementation of the New Russian NGO Legislation: Main Problems and Recommendations om Amendments

Upon adoption of the new Russian legislation on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the beginning of 2006 and its coming into force on April 18, 2006, the situation of NGOs in Russia has continued to deteriorate. Freedom of association is becoming increasingly restricted and the pressure exerted by the Russian authorities on independent NGOs has intensified through legal and non-legal forms. Restrictive application of the new NGO legislation is combined with the use of other restrictive legal tools such as the counter-extremism legislation, tax laws, and the legislation on meetings, rallies, and demonstrations.

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A Note Concerning Pressure against Human Rights Defenders and Journalists in Cases Monitored by the Public Verdict Foundation

Our analysis of the cases detailed below reveals that litigation is currently the most effective remedy against arbitrariness faced by human rights defenders at the hands of authorities. Government officials employ all methods and means, including unlawful criminal or administrative proceedings, to discredit human rights defenders in the public opinion, and to limit or deny them the possibility of engaging in their professional work.
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Recommendations of Russian NGOs Concerning Measures Needed to Achieve Sustainable Compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

The recommendations are organized in accordance with the structure of the Alternative Report and the identified problem areas with regard to practices of torture and cruel, inhuman treatment.
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Russian NGO Shadow Report on the Observance of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the Russian Federation for the period from 2001 to 2006

This Joint Report on the Observance of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the Russian Federation for the period from 2001 to 2005 was prepared jointly by the leading Russian NGOs, including: DEMOS Research Center, Public Verdict Foundation, Civic Assistance Committee, Memorial Human Rights Center, All-Russian Movement “For Human Rights”, “Social Partnership Foundation”, Union of Soldiers’ Mothers Committees of Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod Committee against Torture, Krasnoyarsk Public Committee for Human Rights Protection, Perm regional human rights defender center, Kazan Human Rights Center, Yorshkar-Ola organization “Man and Law”, Memorial Human Rights Commission of Komi Republic, the Public Interest Law Initiative, Mordovian Republican Human Rights Center, Public Problems Research Institute «United Europe», Tver Memorial Society, Krasnodar Organization “Mothers in Defense of the Rights of Those Arrested, Under Investigation and Convicted”, Association of human rights organizations of Sverdlovsk region, Chita Human Rights Center. The Public Verdict Foundation was responsible for general coordination; Demos Research Center was responsible for legal editing of the report.
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Annex to the section The Problem of Torture and Cruel and Degrading Treatment in Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus

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The Problem of Torture and Cruel and Degrading Treatment in Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus

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