On March 19, Chief of Staff of High Commissioner’s Office Vladimir Lozbinev took part in a meeting of the board of the Federal Bailiff Service. During the event, the results of the activities of the Federal Bailiff Service of Russia in 2020 were summed up, and the targets for 2021 were identified. In 2020, the High Commissioner received more than 700 appeals in the…

On March 16, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova took part via video conference in the round table "Prospects for the creation of the Russian court on human rights", organized by the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society and…

Work starts on improvement of Federal Constitutional Law No. 1-FKZ as of February 26, 1997 "On the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation" on behalf of the Chair of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. For more than 20 years of enforcement of Law No. 1-FKZ, important economic and social transformations have taken place in the country,…

The Coordination Council of Commissioners for Human Rights will be held in Krasnoyarsk in May. Ombudspersons from 85 Russia’s regions will meet to discuss the problem of resocialization of convicts. The main goal of the Coordination Council is to draft recommendations and proposals on the improvement of legislation and compliance practices concerning the matter. A lot of people need help after release from custody. The…

On March 11, Chief of Staff of High Commissioner’s Office Vladimir Lozbinev met with Director of the Office of the Directorate General of Programmes of the Council of Europe Verena Taylor. The Chief of Staff of High Commissioner’s Office and the Director of the Office of the Directorate General discussed the implementation of the National Action Strategy for Women, the protection of the right to health in the…

On March 11, a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation participated, via videoconference, in round table "Women in leadership: achieving an equal future in the COVID-19 reality". During the event, the participants discussed the topics of gender equality, including the implementation of the National Action Strategy for Women for 2017–2022. The round table was…

On March 2, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova and Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar Ali bin Samih Al-Marri signed a Memorandum on Cooperation. The agreement aims at fostering a closer relationship between the parties in the areas of promoting a culture of human rights and the protection of human rights. In particular, one of the…

On March 1, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova agreed on the appointment of Viktor Kushko to the post of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Udmurt Republic. During the videoconference conversation, Tatiana Moskalkova and Viktor Kushko discussed the human rights situation in the region, in particular, housing issues, protection of social rights, housing…

Video statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Russia's accession to the Council of Europe.

On November 5, the US Court of Appeals ruled to release Russian citizen Bogdana Osipova. "As the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, I was extremely concerned about the situation around Russian citizen Bogdana Osipova, who had been convicted in the United States for alleged extortion and «kidnapping» of her own daughter. In 2014, a pregnant woman left…