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Independent Russian Human Rights Reports and Analysis - page 23
Freedom of Assembly in Russia During the Pandemic: Summary
Full Report in Russian The report examines bans and restrictions imposed by the Russian authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic on pickets, rallies, and other public events outside, which were in effect on September 1-3, 2020. The regulations governing these issues change frequently, so this analysis might not incorporate some...
Violations of the Right to Peaceful Assembly for Women and Girls in Russia from 2010 to 2020
Доклад на русском языке We prepared this review in June as a response to a from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association: at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2020, he is preparing to present a report on how women exercise...
Restrictions on public assemblies near schools, hospitals, churches and military facilities
Доклад на русском языке: On June 4, 2020, the Constitutional Court that any regional restrictions on public assemblies, demonstrations or marches near military facilities, religious sites, educational facilities or hospitals are unreasonable; it also criticized some restrictions for being vague. All subjects of the Russian Federation must amend their laws...
Russia’s Constitutional Court and freedom of assembly
Доклад на русском языке: On 4 June 2020, the Russian Constitutional Court subfederal bans on rallies again: while in its ruling of 1 November 2019, the Court declared occupied by subfederal and municipal authorities null and void, this time it clearly condemned the general subfederal prohibitions on rallies in public...
Suppression of peaceful assembly in Russia from 2015 to 2020
Доклад на русском языке: As a part of a coalition of civil society organizations, we have submitted a report about Russia’s Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights from 2015 to 2020 to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The English version of the report was...
Freedom of assembly in Russia during COVID-19
Доклад на русском языке: In March 2020, Russia began to impose restrictive measures concerning the spread of COVID-19 infection. In this report, we document the influence of these measures on the freedom of assembly in the period from March 10 to April 22, 2020. We assess the legality and proportionality...
The Art of Ban-2: Review
Полный текст доклада на русском языке: The Federal Law «On Meetings, Rallies, Demonstrations, Marches and Pickets» delegates the determination of the procedure for filing notices of public events to regional legislative authorities. Regional regulation in certain cases becomes the reason for the prohibition of public events. We have analyzed 159...