As the Ukrainian crisis continues to unfold, attention has shifted from the deposed president Viktor Yanukovych to the Crimea peninsula. …
Note: this is a revised version of the original post published on 21 December 2013. Additions have been made to…
In a judgment passed on 6 December 2013 the Constitutional Court of Russia (“Court”) for the first time has expressed…
The current state of Russian law On 3 July 2013 Federal Law No 167-FZ “On the amendments to certain Russian…
Current state of Russian law On 29 July 2013 Federal Law No. 135-FZ, which amended certain laws of the Russian…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people are subject to discrimination, violence and harassment in all parts of…
Dr Sergey Golubok represents the Greepeace activists charged with hooliganism following their attempt to scale a Russian offshore oil platform…
Note: this post was written on the occasion of an internship at the Defence Support Section of the United Nations…
A partial deal on land marks a welcome breakthrough in the peace talks that began in October last year, even…
The cases Nadia Eweida, an employee of a prominent UK airline, and Shirley Chaplin, a geriatric nurse, challenged the restrictions…