An essential task of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is international co-operation. Only collaborative work with foreign colleagues and sense of common purpose may lead to success.

Children are all we have. I am not only High Commissioner for Human Rights but also a mother. And the case I’d like to tell you about was one of the most complicated in my practice.

Article 40 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation provides that everyone shall have the right to a home, and local self-governments shall create conditions for exercising this right.

In a difficult life situation, a person first of all thinks about the well-being of his relatives.

The most terrible thing that can happen to anyone is the loss of a child. In some tragic cases the intolerable situation is aggravated by people indifference.

One of the fundamental goals of the modern society is upbringing and education of the younger generation. It is twice as tough to provide education for children with disabilities, and I try to pay particular attention to such appeals.

Protection of family, motherhood, paternity and childhood is one of the fundamental duties of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The future, perception of the world, behavior and psychological state of a child depends on the conditions in which he lives.

Appeals to the High Commissioner on the live broadcast of the program of the Public Television of Russia have already become a tradition. This time Shakhter in the Rostov region broadcasts.

While live broadcasting in the program "Human Rights" on the Public Television of Russia (OTR) a woman appealed to the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova. Ms. N. implored to look into a difficult situation that occurred with the girl under her supervision.

On March 16, the Supreme Court of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic reversed the sentence in respect of citizen A. and recognized her right to rehabilitation. The positive outcome of the case was made possible because of the participation of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia.