Follow our newsletter The Human Rights Center “Memorial” is a self-governed noncommercial civil organization, whose members are united by humanistic and moral principles and the aspiration to assist the defense of human rights and the formation of people’s civil dignity. Foundation date: April 1st
The HRC “Memorial” has seven programs functioning within its frameworks:
• “Hot spots”;
• Network “Migration and Law”;
• Monitoring of Human Rights Violations in Central Asia
• False Accusations of Cases on Islamic Extremism in Russia
• Assistance for Persons Prosecuted in Criminal Proceedings for Political Reasons and Protection of Civil Activists;
• Human Rights Protection through International Mechanisms (European Court, UNO);
• Harmonization of Inter-Ethnic Relations through the Creation of Small Business in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia-Alania.
Human Rights Center works in 49 regions all over Russia, including Moscow, North Caucasus, St. Petersburg, the Far East. The employees visit Republics of Central Asia, where meet with local human rights activists, journalists and victims of human rights abuses.
General support is provided by:
Commission of European Communities
European Human Rights Advocacy Center
Open Society Institute
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
National Endowment for Democracy
Deutsch Russischer Austrausch e.v.
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Royal Netherlands Embassy in Moscow
IKV Pax Christi
UNHCR
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Civil Rights Defenders
European Council on Refugees and Exiles
The US Agency for International Development
The Korean Embassy