Parental rights

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Draft law expanding list of persons eligible to challenge paternity reaches Russia’s State Duma

The government has submitted a bill expanding the list of persons who have the right to apply to courts seeking to challenge paternity to the lower house of Russian parliament.

17:38 26.08.2021

President Putin backs proposal to establish Father's Day in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported a proposal to establish Father's Day in the country.

17:13 25.08.2021

Russian Cabinet proposes expanding list of persons eligible to challenge paternity

The Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative aimed at expanding the list of persons who have the right to apply to courts seeking to challenge paternity.

15:11 13.08.2021

Russian authorities to complicate rules for children traveling abroad with foreign parents

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved an initiative prohibiting a foreign parent from traveling abroad with children being Russian citizens in the absence of the consent of the other parent.

11:17 28.05.2021

Russian Children Ombudsman appreciates creation of register of nonpayers of alimony

The creation of a register of malicious defaulters of alimony can be an important step towards protecting the children's right to receive all due payments; however, the move needs to be an element of a whole package of measures, Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has said.

12:25 20.05.2021

Russia’s Children Ombudsman urges adoption of federal support program for large families

The Russian Commissioner of Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova believes that it is necessary to adopt a federal program for support of large families in Russia.

16:39 06.04.2021

Administrative detention must not be applied to single fathers – Moskalkova

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova believes that such punishment as administrative detention must not be applied to single fathers having children under 14.

16:12 01.04.2021

Russian Justice Ministry drafts order on telephone talks of female prisoners with children

The Russian Ministry of Justice has developed a draft order granting women the right to carry out telephone conversations with their children, the body's press service informs on Thursday

17:28 25.03.2021

Number of alimony payment applications drops – Ombudsman Moskalkova

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova during the State Duma Family Committee’s meeting on Wednesday reported reduction in the number of alimony obligations complaints by 40%.

14:34 10.02.2021

Moscow Children’s Ombudsman calls parents to keep minors from illegal rallies

Moscow’s Child Rights Commissioner Olga Yaroslavskaya on Friday called parents to keep children from participation in unauthorized rallies.

18:03 29.01.2021

Penal facilities in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region lack mother-and-child homes – ombudsman

Correctional institutions of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region have no functioning facilities where women giving birth in penal colonies could live with their children, the Office of St. Petersburg Rights Commissioner Alexander Shishlov informs RAPSI on Wednesday.

12:08 02.09.2020

Pair may be deprived of parental rights for juggling their baby – Prosecutor General’s Office

The Central District Court of the town of Sochi is to hear a case against a married couple, who have published on the internet a video record demonstrating their abusive treatment of their baby daughter.

14:31 21.08.2020

Russia’s Ombudsman reports rise in family rights protection complaints in 2020

The number of applications concerning protection of family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood rights filed with the Office of Russia’s High Commissioner of Human Rights in the first half of 2020 increased twice as compared to the same period of the previous year, federal ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova said during the Rights and Responsibility of Fathers roundtable on Friday.

15:10 14.08.2020

Girl living in Moscow perinatal hospital for 5 years taken from hospital - ombudsman

A girl, who had lived in a Moscow perinatal center for 5 years, was taken from hospital, the city’s child rights commissioner Olga Yaroslavskaya announced Monday.

12:45 25.05.2020

Placing of 5-year girl lived in perinatal center since birth under guardianship upheld

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal lodged by parents of a 5-year old girl, who had lived in a perinatal medical center since her birth, against a lower instance ruling to foster the child to a protection service. The ruling came into force.

15:15 31.03.2020

Parents challenge placing of 5-year girl lived in perinatal center under guardianship

Parents of a 5-year old girl, who had lived in a perinatal medical center since her birth, challenged a court ruling ordering to foster the child to a protection service.

12:02 06.03.2020

Rights of parents keeping daughter in perinatal center for years restricted

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court has put limits on parental rights of a couple, who have been keeping their daughter in a city’s perinatal medical center for 5 years.

10:17 06.02.2020

State Duma leans toward protection of minors’ housing rights after parents’ divorce

A bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code passed its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on Thursday.

16:11 23.01.2020

Moscow court to hear suit against parents keeping daughter in perinatal center for years

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court will begin hearing a lawsuit for abridgement of parental rights of spouses, who have been keeping their daughter in a city’s perinatal medical center for 5 years.

11:00 14.01.2020

Couple keeping daughter in Moscow perinatal center for years face parental rights restriction

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow will hear a lawsuit filed by a social protection division seeking to abridge parental rights of spouses, who have been keeping their daughter in a city’s perinatal medical center for 5 years.

12:00 19.12.2019