Projects in Russia

Human Rights Lens (2019-2020)

Lesetid: 1 min

Aim: To raise knowledge about the international human rights system among the young people in the Northwest of Russia.

To challenge the youth to reflect on the local human rights situation with the help of photo camera.

Activities: Workshops on human rights and photography in the regions of the Northwest Russia (Kaliningrad, Pskov, Veliky Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Leningrad oblast, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Arkhangelsk), and Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway).
Partners: Institute of Law n.a. Prince Oldenburgsky/ School projects initiative (St. Petersburg); legal clinics/ law faculties of the Universities in the Northwest Russia; regional ombudsmen in human rights; Swedish International Liberal Centre (SILC), Karakallion school (Espoo).
Funding: Nordic Council of Ministers.
Brochure: Human Rights Lens
Read more:
07.05.2020 Human Rights Lens
23.01.2020 Human Rights Lens

According to the 2018 Universal Periodic Review from the United Nations, the human rights challenges in Russia relates to, among others:

Discrimination and hate speech on the grounds of religion or belief, sexual orientation and gender identity;
Enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, attacks and threats perpetrated by civilians or the military;
Right to fair trial, access to remedy and justice;
Freedom of opinion and expression, especially journalists, human rights defenders and political activists;
Freedom of religion or belief;
Right to association and assembly;
Access to social security and health to persons living in remote areas;
Violence against women, especially sexual violence and patriarchal attitudes and stereotypes;
Equal pay, work opportunities, and political participation for women;
Violence and ill-treatment of children in pre-trial detentions;
Protection, support and inclusion of indigenous people;
High rate of unregistered persons, especially stateless, refugees and individual from minority groups.