Compensation for poor conditions in the places of confinement: evaluating the effectiveness
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In this report, we assess the effectiveness of the compensatory remedy based on the caselaw of the courts of the Russian Northwestern Federal District. The compensatory remedy has been introduced...
Compensation for improper conditions in the places of confinement: analysis of the court of cassation case law
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...monitoring made us question the effectiveness of the remedy primarily due to the insignificant amounts of compensation ordered by the courts. These amounts cannot be compared with an average compensation...
COMPENSATION FOR IMPROPER DETENTION CONDITIONS IN 2023
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...European Court of Human Rights. The Citizens’ Watch team has analyzed 561 court decisions on compensation for improper detention conditions. We assessed the adequacy of the compensation awarded in comparison...
COVID-19 as a convenient excuse to curtail human rights
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...help member states meet their human rights commitments in difficult circumstances have not been taken into account. International human rights treaties, the obligations of which are committed by OSCE member...
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published findings on Russia
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The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its concluding observations on Russia. These observations concern our country’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the...
European Court decision on Foreign Agents: a day late and a dollar short
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...many of them also applied to the European Court already with a complaint on law implementation. There are currently about 200 complaints filed by NGOs-foreign agents with the European Court. The...
Commemoration Day in honour of the Victims of Political Repression
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On the 30th of October, victims of repression during the Soviet era will be remembered and honoured all over Russia as part of Commemoration Day. In Saint Petersburg, this tradition...
Democratic Law-Making in Russia
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...any meaningful public discussion. Moreover, opinions of the Venice Commission on some aspects of the amendments were ignored. In particular, the Venice Commission has warned against the power of the...
Russia must implement its international obligations to protect women from discrimination
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...communities where women and girls are experiencing both discrimination from outside and pressure coming from patriarchal communities. Human rights defenders emphasize that the right of Roma girls to education is...
The Citizens' Watch participates in the UPR
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The deadline to receive communications from non-commercial organisations from UPR participating countries ended today, 5 April, and the Citizens’ Watch sent its individual and joint communications. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR)...