Head of Russia’s human rights body calls to capture mass grave definition in legislationDefinition of the mass grave site should be enshrined in Russian legislation, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev said during the mourning action Bell of Memory on Friday.17:23 30.10.2020
Russia's Ombudsman lobbies for stiffer fines for refusal to hire people with disabilitiesThe Labor Minister’s initiative to increase administratie fines for denial of employment to disabled citizens and employer-employee relationship violations is well-timed, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has said while presenting her Protection the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities report.10:17 30.10.2020
Russian Ombudsman seeks for tougher penalties for barrier free environment breachesRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova when presenting a report on Thursday demanded to toughen fines for violations in the sphere of barrier free environment for physically challenged people.17:35 29.10.2020
Moskalkova urges penitentiary authorities to appoint aides for disabled convictsTerritorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) must provide jailed persons with disabilities of I and II groups with assistants (hospital aides), Russia’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova believes.17:12 29.10.2020
Over 1,600 complaints filed by people with disabilities in 20 months – Russian OmbudsmanOver 1,600 complaints have been submitted to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Righs by people with disabilities from January 2019 to August 2020, Tatiana Moskalkova has reported.15:23 29.10.2020
State Duma lawmakers approve foreign bank account ban for Russia’s OmbudsmanA bill prohibiting Russia’s Human Righs Commissioner to have accounts with foreign banks passed its final reading in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday.13:22 28.10.2020
Justice Ministry’s commission strikes 7 persons off ECHR judicial candidacy listRussia’s Justice Ministry under the chairmanship of its head Konstantin Chuichenko has excluded 7 out of 34 judicial candidates for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) during the first meeting of the candidacy selection commission.12:01 22.10.2020
Russian PM extends simplified disability confirmation procedureRussia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order extending a temporary simplified procedure of disability confirmation until March 1, 2021.13:13 21.10.2020
Bill to protect children of detained parents reaches Russia's State DumaA bill envisaging that the duty to apply interim measures aimed at protection of children whose parents are arrested or are in detention for the time of investigation of criminal cases is to be imposed on investigators and interrogators has been submitted to the State Duma.12:57 21.10.2020
Allowing convicts serve terms near relatives' homes to down ECHR claims by 40% - OmbudsmanThe fact that convicts were allowed to serve their terms near the places of residence of their relatives would permit to decrease the number of complaints submitted to the European Court of Human Rights by 40 percent, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova believes.16:31 19.10.2020
Over 1 million complaints filed with Russian Ombudsman’s Office in 25 yearsOver nearly 25 years of its existence the Office of Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner received more than 1 million applications from citizens, Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova said Monday in the Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs.11:09 19.10.2020
Russian health authorities promise to reinforce convict medical care - human rights bodyRussia’s Ministry of Health has drafted recommendations on the improvement of prisoners’ medical treatment for regions following a request from the Presidential Council for Human Rights.16:21 14.10.2020
Governmental commission backs bill on Russia’s regional ombudsmenMembers of the governmental lawmaking commission on Monday anonymously supported a bill on regional ombudsmen.13:19 12.10.2020
Civic Chamber urges refining of bill on data of missing persons provided by operatorsExperts of Russia’s Civic Chamber have proposed to elaborate a bill on the data of missing people service operators are obliged to provide.16:39 08.10.2020
Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council urges law on trade in disinfectantsRussia’s Human Rights Council is to present to President Vladimir Putin a report on measures needed to regulate the market of disinfectants, and to engage in the development of a respective law, Chair of the body Valery Fadeyev informs on Tuesday.17:41 06.10.2020
Russian sailors captured by pirates off Equatorial Guinea coast releasedRussian sailors Alexey Perfilyev, Valentin Nechai, and Vyacheslav Sechin, captured in May by pirates on hijacked vessels Djibloho and Rio Mitong off the coast of Equatorial Guinea and held in the territory of Nigeria since then, were freed.15:22 06.10.2020
Russian lawyer proposes to introduce mediation procedure in criminal proceedingsVictims and defendants need to have an opportunity to settle their conflicts under mediation procedure, Co-Chair of Business Against Corruption Center lawyer Anatoly Kucherena believes.11:59 30.09.2020
Russia’s Ombudsman ready to aid victims of Nagorno-Karabakh conflictRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova urges her colleagues, Ombudsmen of Azerbaijan and Armenia, to recommend their respective governments to show restraint and take all necessary measures to settle their problems not by force of arms, but through dialogue and negotiations in order to stabilize the current situation.18:07 29.09.2020
Law permitting convicts serve sentences near home comes into force in RussiaOn Tuesday, the law allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives came into force.11:53 29.09.2020
Presidential Council member urges civic activists to help migrants return to their homelandsRegional authorities, civic chambers and ombudsmen need to pay attention to the fact that numerous migrants concentrate in certain Russian regions and help them to return to their homes, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council Alexander Brod believes.16:27 28.09.2020