Topic
Gender violence
16/05/2022
Published by Elena Dolzhenko at 16/05/2022
“INGI. Crisis Centre for Women,” an NGO that has been active in St. Petersburg for 30 years offering assistance to women affected by various types of gender-based violence. In her interview with Legal Dialogue, the Centre's psychologist Anastasia Maskaeva speaks about their clients' most common problems and concerns, the importance of providing “one-stop-shop” assistance, and why helping the victim is more essential than punishing the abuser.
17/11/2021
Published by Anna Efimova at 17/11/2021
From an ethical, legal and social standpoint, sexual consent is a complex concept. It has no single definition, and taboos around talking about sex can make it difficult to discuss. Nevertheless, every year more and more countries are recognising sex without consent as rape.
28/08/2020
Published by Theresa Bender-Säbelkampf at 28/08/2020
Russia still has no domestic violence legislation. Will the case of the Khachaturian sisters, three girls who have been subjected to abuse by their father for many years, become a turning point in the adoption of such a law?
23/09/2019
Published by Yuliia Ostrovskaya at 23/09/2019
In 2019, after many years of discussion, the ILO adopted the Convention on Combating Violence and Harassment at Work. Why is this document called historical in its meaning and expected legal consequences?
07/02/2019
Published by Valentina Likhoshva at 07/02/2019
Women in the North Caucasus face serious risks and often become victims of violence but cannot find legal protection either in or outside Russia.
15/08/2018
Published by Dmitry Shabelnikov at 15/08/2018
We interviewed two women lawyers who litigate domestic violence cases and defend other rights of women living in the North Caucasus.
19/01/2017
Published by Daria Litvinova at 19/01/2017
In a sudden U-turn, Russian lawmakers are eager to pass the bill abolishing last year’s amendments to the Criminal Code that made simple battery […]
29/11/2016
Published by Alisa Ivanitskaya at 29/11/2016
In July, the Bundestag, lower house of the German Parliament, voted for amendments of the country’s criminal law,1The Law Amending the Criminal Code Improves […]
26/11/2016
Published by Alisa Ivanitskaya at 26/11/2016
For the first time, the Russian law has recognised a separate category of ‘connected persons’ and the fact that someone exposed to violence at […]