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Address: Khokhlovsky pereulok 16, str.1, 4th floor, 109028 Moscow
Tel: +7 49 59 16 10 06
Email: contact@eu-ru.org

Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights is a Russian public policy and advocacy NGO, established in 1998. The Center‘s mission is the development of effective democratic institutions and sustainable mechanisms of human rights protection by influencing public policy in these areas, creating conditions for civic participation in decision making from the level of local communities to the international level and empowering individuals and groups to play a more active role in positive social change. The Center strives to make democracy work for people living in Russia and to assist them in filling democracy with a practical meaning relevant for their lives. CDDHR conducts public policy analysis, monitoring, public education, and advocacy campaigns on a broad range of human rights and democracy issues, including freedoms of association and assembly, security of human rights defenders, racism and xenophobia, human rights in the army, and links between corruption and human rights abuse.

Address: 103982 Moscow, 4 Louchnikov per., kom. 19
Tel: +795 20 68 589
Email: vky@co.ru

This society was founded in 1990 in order to oppose the use of capital punishment in the former USSR and other gross violations of the right to life. The group uses as its guiding principle Articles 3 and 5 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights….The Society provides legal assistance to those facing the death penalty. The group also participates in various humanitarian projects in prisons. Direct charitable aid is provided on a case-by-case basis to socially unprotected categories of the population through donations of basic goods (food, clothing, etc.). The Society also monitors human rights, especially in the legal process of capital cases.

Address: 103715 Moscow, 4 Slavyanskaya Plotted, Str. 1
Tel: +795 92 44 701
Email: info@ishr.org

The International Society for Human Rights advocates human rights and international adherence to the principles embodied in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, focusing on issues of freedoms of opinion and expression, movement, religion, information and association…. SHR provides direct support and assistance to victims of human rights abuses and their families through social assistance programs. This comes in various forms, from legal services to donations of food, clothing and medical supplies. ISHR also participates in legislative reform and development through offering consultation to state bodies on ways to improve protection of human rights. Under the auspices of their international office, ISHR conducts investigations into individual cases of human rights violations and undertakes more general research into critical situations where human rights are believed to be in danger.

Address: 103051 Moscow, Malii Karetnii per. 12
Tel: +795 20 06 506 (Human Rights Center)

Soon after it began its work commemorating the victims of political repression, the group expanded its work to include related historical and cultural research, human rights monitoring and providing humanitarian assistance to certain groups of the population (mainly pensioners)….The human rights aspect of Memorial’s work today includes some individual casework, but mainly focuses on sending professional fact-finding missions to areas of armed conflict and ethnic strife in the former Soviet Union. Recently, research trips have been made to Chechnya, Transcaucasia and Moldova. Memorial has also begun work to develop human rights education programs with assistance from Amnesty International and other international organizations.

Address: 191194 St. Petersburg, ul. Chaikovskogo 28, kom. 31
Tel: +7 812-272-49-61

Founded in 1991, the Russian Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights was formed by a group of Russian lawyers with the intent of moving the Russian legal system closer to the international standard with regard to the protection of human rights…. The Committee currently works on individual cases of human rights violations, providing inexpensive (or in some cases pro bono) legal services to individuals and other human rights-related NGOs. The Committee regularly consults with state and judicial bodies on the creation and modification of Russian laws governing human rights issues. In recent years, the Committee has provided detailed analysis and commentary on new legislation at both the federal and local levels, stressing the need to meet international standards of legal protection of rights. The group has also arranged for professional training programs for lawyers and human rights activists as well as public education on legal aspects of human rights protection. The Committee holds several seminars and lectures in Moscow and St. Petersburg throughout the year.

Address: 191186 St. Petersburg PO Box 108
Tel: +781 23 12 31 80

The Association began to work on behalf of gays and lesbians in the summer of 1990. It took nearly a year to gain official recognition for the organisation. On October 9, 1991, after a year of court battles, it became the first officially registered homosexual group in the Soviet Union. The activities of the group include not only human rights casework, but also designing social support programs and organizing cultural events for the homosexual community. Since the repeal of the anti-sodomy law in 1994, the main focus of the group’s work has turned toward eradicating the extreme and often violent problem of homophobia in Russia. The group has received a significant amount of press coverage in newspapers and on radio and television. The group sees public education on the nature of homosexuality as a key element in their work, especially given the lack of exposure most of the population has had to the homosexual community.