On February 5, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova held a personal reception of human rights defenders and relatives of Russian citizens detained in SIZO-1 of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (Simferopol) and SIZO-3 of the Republic of Bashkortostan Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (Sterlitamak).…

On February 1, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova met with Charge d’affaires of Canada to the Russian Federation Stephane Jobin. The parties discussed a broad human rights agenda. Tatiana Moskalkova told about the institute of the Russian ombudsperson, subjects of appeals, as well as tools for protecting and restoring violated rights. According to Stephane…

On January 30 representatives of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation and representatives of regional Commissioners took part in work of the round table "The Role of Traditional Religions in the Development of Civil Society" in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Participants of the event discussed a number of problems of the activities of traditional religions and their…

On January 29, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova participated in the opening ceremony of the project «Co-operation on the implementation of the Russian Federation National Action Strategy for Women (2017–2022)». The ceremony involved Verena Taylor, Director of the Office of the Council of Europe Directorate General of Programmes, Alexey Vovchenko, the First Deputy Minister…

On January 29 High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova met with Governor and the Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov. During the meeting Tatiana Moskalkova and Vladimir Vladimirov discussed the further development of the human rights institution in the region. According to the Ombudsman, in the Stavropol Territory special attention is paid to public discussion…

On January 24, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova held a personal reception of citizens, most of the questions concerned the protection of rights in criminal proceedings, including the refusal to initiate a criminal case, disagreement with a court decision and the arguments of medical forensic examination. Also aspects of the unlawful dismissal of women on maternity leave and…

On January 22, outline of the Report on the Activity of the Federal Ombudsperson for 2018 was discussed in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. "Today, we discussed topical civil and social rights issues. From year to year, the social issues are the most important and interesting both at the level of civil society…

On January 16, a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation participated in a meeting of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation on the draft federal law on ratification of the protocol amending the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. Representatives of the competent…

On January 16, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova held several meetings with colleagues during a working visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Tatiana Moskalkova met with Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Nuriddinjon Ismailov. The parties discussed the development of Russian-Uzbek cooperation and the main human…

On January 16, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova participated in the Uzbek-Russian round table discussion "Cooperation for human rights and the rule of law: humanitarian aspects of cooperation between the ombudsman institutions of Uzbekistan and Russia". In her address, the federal ombudswoman emphasized the importance of the Strategy on the rights of youth. According…