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На заседании 22 июня 2021 года правлением Фонда домов прав человека (ФДПЧ) в связи с серьезными и продолжительными нарушениями Кодекса этики принято решение прекратить членство Воронежского дома прав человека (ДПЧВ) в сети домов прав человека. Правление ФДПЧ также подчеркнуло важность оказания помощи лицам, на которых отразились условия труда в ДПЧВ. Решение принято на основании результатов двух независимых оценок работы ДПЧВ и после консультаций внутри сети.

During its 22 June 2021 meeting, the Board of Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) took the decision to discontinue the membership of Human Rights House Voronezh (HRHV) in the network of Human Rights Houses due to serious Code of Conduct violations over an extended period of time. The HRHF Board also underlined the importance of helping individuals affected by the working environment in HRHV. This decision was taken on the basis of results of two independent assessments of the operations of HRHV, and following a consultative process within the network.

In a joint statement, forty human rights NGOs, including HRHF, from across the OSCE region denounce the continuing inclusion of foreign civil society organisations in the list of so-called “undesirable” organisations by Russia. This “harms international people-to-people contacts and collaboration, one of the principles of the European cooperation and security order based on the 1975 Helsinki Final Act”, the NGOs say.

2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges in the wake of COVID-19. In our annual report, discover how Human Rights House Foundation and the network of Human Rights Houses adapted to meet these new challenges and continue our work together to advance human rights at home and abroad.

On 15 March 2021, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) issued a statement at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council urging Council members to take urgent and concerted action to confront Russia on its abysmal and deteriorating human rights record.

Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) is deeply troubled by the serious allegations made by former members of the Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) against the former leadership of the organisation, published by the online media outlet 7×7 on 8 October 2020.

In September, the Russian city of Ufa became the fifth in the country to host the “City of Rights/City is Right” festival. For three days, participants engaged in human rights events and activities including the unveiling of a monument celebrating the universal declaration of human rights.

On 20 September 2020, Human Rights House Foundation delivered a statement at the Human Rights Council on reprisals. In the statement, HRHF highlighted the use of the Foreign Agent law to undermine independent civil society, and the climate of fear that is maintained in Russia and the external territories it occupies through a variety of state-controlled tools including the misuse of anti-extremist and anti-terrorist legislation.

Discover in our 2019/20 annual report how Human Rights House Foundation protected and advanced the rights of human rights defenders, strengthened independent civil society, and supported a strong, active network of Human Rights Houses.