Moskalkova states necessity of international human rights instrument during pandemicRussia’s federal ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova on Monday voiced the necessity to draft an international instrument on rights and obligations of people at times of epidemics, quarantine and pandemic.13:58 27.04.2020
Over 500 applications submitted to Russian ombudsman during pandemicOffice of the Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights has received over 500 applications during the coronavirus spread, the federal ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova reports.12:02 27.04.2020
Ombudsman Moskalkova proposes to review parole terms amid pandemicRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova proposed during the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 9 ½: The Rule of Corona on Friday to revise the terms for release on parole at time of the spread of coronavirus epidemic.17:16 10.04.2020
About 3,000 applications submitted to Russian ombudsman over coronavirus outbreakRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received about 3,000 applications related to the spread of coronavirus in the last two weeks.16:57 10.04.2020
Ombudsman asks Russian authorities to protect employees made to work during quarantineRussia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has turned to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov and Government’s Chair Mikhail Mishustin asking them to take measures for protection of employees’ labor rights.13:00 31.03.2020
Moskalkova turns to UN over violation of rights of Russian Vinnik detained in FranceRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has sent the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer a request to protect the rights of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik detained in France.13:00 23.03.2020
Moskalkova seeks observance of healthcare rights of Russian prosecuted in U.S.Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has forwarded an appeal in defense of the rights of Russian man Oleg Nikitin prosecuted in U.S. on several charges to the Director of the country’s Federal Bureau Of Prisons Michael Carvaja.15:42 17.03.2020
Russian ombudsman to ask Red Cross to visit pilot Yaroshenko imprisoned in U.S.Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova is going to request the Red Cross to visit pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine. The ombudsman took such a decision after a meeting with his wife and daughter.16:30 06.03.2020
Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on activities of regional ombudsmenThe State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a bill regulating the activities of human rights commissioners in the country’s regions, which aims to extend their powers and set uniform rules and approaches governing the formation of this institution.17:45 05.03.2020
Number of convicts’ complains about convoy conditions rises fourfold – Russian ombudsmanOver the year, the number of complaints concerning respect of human rights during convoying of defendants from pretrial detention facilities to courts and to correctional facilities has risen fourfold as compared with figures registered in 2018, according to Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.17:30 28.02.2020
Rights advocate proposes to create database of best practices against domestic violenceA co-author of a bill aimed to put in place mechanisms of prevention of domestic violence, rights activist Alena Popova has proposed to create a common database of best practices in the sphere of prevention of violence against women.15:45 19.02.2020
Seminar on problem of violence against women opens in YekaterinburgThe Russian Federation and the Council of Europe have opened a seminar on interdepartmental cooperation aimed at the development of regional models to be used to prevent and fight violence against women and domestic violence, including that caused by social deprivation, in the city of Yekaterinburg.10:59 18.02.2020
Number of complaints on unwarranted sentences made 12% in 2019 – Russia’s OmbudsmanLast year, the office of the Federal Human Rights Commissioner received over 38,000 complaints, 12% of which related to unwarranted sentences.17:47 11.02.2020
Seminar on problem of violence against women to be held in YekaterinburgA seminar on interdepartmental cooperation aimed at the development of regional models to be used to prevent and fight violence against women and domestic violence, including that caused by social deprivation, is to be held in the city of Yekaterinburg on 18 to 19 February.16:14 10.02.2020
Moskalkova seeks for pardon of Israeli Naama Issachar convicted in RussiaOmbudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has turned to a pardon committee asking that its members recommend applying of the act of pardon to Naama Issachar sentenced to 7.5 years in Russian prison for trafficking and possession of drugs.17:37 27.01.2020
Convicted Israeli Naama Issachar to appeal for pardon through Russian ombudsman MoskalkovaStaffers of the office of Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights have helped Israeli citizen Naama Issachar sentenced to 7.5 years for trafficking and possession of drugs to draw up a petition for pardon.11:26 27.01.2020
Russian ombudsman Moskalkova visits convicted Israeli Naama Issachar in penal colonyRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova on Friday met with Israeli citizen Naama Issachar sentenced to 7.5 years for trafficking and possession of drugs in a penal colony.14:18 24.01.2020
Prisoner population in Russia is on decline – Rights Commissioner MoskalkovaThe number of individuals held in custody in Russia has decreased by 40,000 in 2019 as compared with the figures registered in the same period of 2018, and makes at the moment 523,900.18:03 23.01.2020
Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner proposes to criminalize inadequate medical treatmentRussia’s ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has proposed to include in the national Criminal Code a separate provision defining sanctions for failure to provide adeqate medical aid to patients.15:09 23.01.2020
Russian ombudsman Moskalkova protects rights of convicted Israeli Naama IssacharThe warden of a penal colony in the Moscow Region, where Israeli citizen Naama Issachar convicted of trafficking and possession of drugs serves her 7.5-year term, has been reprimanded for unlawfully denying her visitations of her mother, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova informs on Thursday.13:00 23.01.2020