When: Wednesday, 6. March 2013 14:00
To: Wednesday, 6. March 2013
Where: Geneva, Palais des Nations
Host: Human Rights House Foundation & CIVICUS
Contact: Anna Innocenti (Anna.Innocenti@humanrightshouse.org / +41 22 33 22 556)
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On 6 March, HRHF in cooperation with DOSH, International Youth Human Rights Movement, CIVICUS, Freedom House, Human Rights Watch and the International Federation of Human Rights will host a side-event on “Criminalisation of human rights defenders in the Russian Federation”.
Speakers will include:
- Anna Dobrovoskaya, International Youth Human Rights Movement and Human Rights House Voronezh;
- Abdulla Duduev from the magazine DOSH and Human Rights House Moscow;
- Boris Pustyntsev from Citizens’ Watch;
- Maria Kozlovskaya, LGBTnet.
The recent spate of regulation coupled with ongoing judicial harassment and intimidation of civil society activists severely undermines the work of human rights defenders and has led to a general climate of repression in the country. It is imperative that the international community reacts against such mechanisms aimed at criminalising the work of human rights defenders, which contradict international agreements and standards.
Documents:
- HR Council side-event on Russia
Side-event on criminalisation of human rights defenders in the Russian Federation on Wednesday 6 March 2013 at 14:00.
