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The execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the effectiveness of the investigation into torture and cruel treatment committed by the police
1. The present memorandum has been prepared by a group of Russian human rights NGOs providing legal support to the victims of torture and other human rights violations committed by law-enforcement officers. Authors of the present memorandum are Krasnoyarsk Committee for Human Rights Protection, Memorial Human Rights Commission of Komi Republic, Interregional Public Organization "Committee against Torture" (Nizhni Novgorod), Regional Public Organization "Women of the Don Union" (Rostov on Don), Regional Public Organization "Man and Law" (Yoshkar Ola), Public Verdict Foundation (Moscow), Center of Civic Education and Human Rights (Perm).
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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Situation in the Russian law-enforcement system and its influence on human rights observance.
This analytical report has been prepared by the Public Verdict Foundation and the “Demos” Center for Information and Research on Public Interest issues (the “Demos” Center). To prepare the report we used information about violations of human rights committed by law-enforcement officers received by the Public Verdict Foundation from its partner organizations. Additionally, this report incorporates materials of sociological studies commissioned by the Public Verdict Foundation. The report is also based on materials of the research effort “Arbitrariness in Law-enforcement: Roots and Practices” that has been conducted by the “Demos” Center and its expert network in 10 regions of the Russian Federation with the support of the Ford FoundationDrafters of the report: Asmik Novikova and Olga Shepeleva (“Demos” Center) More >
