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10 October 2014
Human Rights Commissioner in the Russian Federation suggests review amendments to law on people with disabilities
10 October 2014
On 10 October 2014, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova submitted an official request to Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev to consider the issue of TV programmes accessibility to people with partial or total inability to hear.
08 October 2014
Business Lunch at the Rossiyskaya Gazeta
08 October 2014
On 8 October 2014, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova participated in the Business Lunch at the editorial office of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta. During the lunch she answered sharpest questions of journalists and the RG readers.
07 October 2014
Ombudsmen meeting with Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy Alexander Beglov
07 October 2014
On 7 October 2014, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova participated in the human rights commissioners’ meeting with Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District Alexander Beglov.
03 October 2014
Verification of data on soldiers’ deaths goes on
03 October 2014
Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova has in due time received a response from the Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office related to the examination of deaths and detention of Russian servicemen.
30 September 2014
Observance of indigenous peoples’ rights discussed in Krasnoyarsk
30 September 2014
On 29 to 30 September, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova took part in the research and practice seminar The Role of National Human Rights Defending Organisations in Promoting Rights of Indigenous Minorities.
26 September 2014
Working visit to St Petersburg
26 September 2014
On 26 September, Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova arrived in St Petersburg on a working visit, where she took part in the work of the coordination council of commissioners for human rights in the North-Western Federal District (NWFD).
25 September 2014
Russian Commissioner appeals to UN and Council of Europe about mass graves under Donetsk
25 September 2014
On 25 September Ella Pamfilova sent an official letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe in relation to the discovery of a mass grave under Donetsk.
Appointment of the new commissioner in Moscow appeared closed and swift
25 September 2014
Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Ella Pamfilova expressed her regret that Tatyana Potyaeva had been appointed under no consultations with the human rights community. The Moscow Mayor, when introducing the candidacy of Ms Potyaeva, had not followed the example of the president who held multiple consultations with the human rights and expert communities before proposing a candidacy for the approval by the State Duma.
Public control over penitentiaries
25 September 2014
On 25 September, the conference 'Assistance to Independent and Effective Public Control over Penitentiaries in the Russian Federation: Summing Up the Three-Year Work and Preparing the Future' was held in Moscow.
24 September 2014
“Such atrocious, barbaric crimes must not go unpunished!”
24 September 2014
The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia calls on international organisations to join the investigation of the slaughters in Donbass.
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