• Published by Asylgul Kanatbekova

    The Economics of Migration: Russian Experience

    Migration in today's world is a complex phenomenon that can have both positive and negative impact: a smart and flexible migration policy can help countries strengthen their social, economic and political ties and open up new sources of capital and investment. In contrast, an irrational and excessively restrictive migration policy can cause imbalances in the labour market and income inequalities between immigrants and local residents, potentially leading to high levels of social tension.
  • Published by Anastasia Petrova

    A Mentally Healthy Society: Respecting Human Rights and Reducing Social Inequality as a Way to Well-Being

    What will psychiatry of the future look like and how does respecting human rights affect the mental health of citizens? Claudia Marinetti, director of the largest European mental health organisation, talks about this (and much more).
  • Published by Olga Startceva

    The Right to a Fair Trial in the Context of COVID-19 in Russia

    On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced the COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Most countries including Russia have taken measures to combat coronavirus, and some of these measures have also affected the judicial system. But are they consistent with the country's fair trial obligations under international law?
03/04/2018
Published by Dmitry Shabelnikov at 03/04/2018

Prisoner No. 7

Seventy years after Raoul Wallenberg's disappearance in the Lubyanka prison, his family is suing the FSB for access to prison archives.
01/03/2018
Published by Natalia Smolentceva at 01/03/2018

Nani Jansen Reventlow: “Time to fight back for our digital rights”

All over Europe, digital rights are under attack, and numerous organizations are already advocating and going to court to protect human rights in the digital sphere. To facilitate collaboration between digital rights actors and provide funds for strategic litigation for that cause, Digital Freedom Fund was established in Berlin.
15/02/2018
Published by Yuliia Ostrovskaya at 15/02/2018

Dissolved for international solidarity

"Foreign agents" law now enforced against Russian trade unions.
09/02/2018
Published by Legal Dialogue at 09/02/2018

Operation starve & strangle

How the government uses the law to repress Hungary's civic spirit. Joint statement of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Hungarian Civil Liberties Union.
05/02/2018
Published by Damir Gainutdinov at 05/02/2018

Telegram Besieged

A case initiated by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) against Telegram messenger last summer was the Russian authorities’ first demonstrative attack on digital […]
01/02/2018
Published by Dmitry Shabelnikov at 01/02/2018

A Case of Two Stamps

On 4 January 2018, two men, both Russian nationals, were legally married in Copenhagen, Denmark. On 25 January 2018, after returning to Moscow, they […]
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    29/06/2020
    Sweden changed the legal definition of rape in 2018 to sex without consent. Unlike in many countries, prosecutors do not have to prove the use or threat of violence or coercion.

    Source: Reuters

  • France did not break the law by stripping terrorists of nationalities, top court rules
    29/06/2020
    France did not break the law when it stripped five dual nationals of their French nationality over their ties to an Al Qaeda-affiliated group linked to attacks that have killed hundreds, ECHR has ruled.

    Source: The National

  • Belgium opens criminal proceedings into claims of harassment at EU body
    29/06/2020
    The Belgian public prosecutor is launching legal proceedings against a senior EU official who stands accused of psychological harassment of colleagues. Psychological harassment can be prosecuted under Belgian law.

    Source: Politico

  • A transgender woman in St. Petersburg won a landmark LGBTQ and labor rights case
    29/06/2020
    She won a lawsuit for unlawful dismissal. Russian court rejected her former employer’s appeal, marking the end of the court proceedings.

    Source: Meduza

  • Top German court reimposes data curbs on Facebook
    29/06/2020
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