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31 January 2017
RUSSIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Russian Federation
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Title:
Russie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Title:
Russia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Ukraine, Crimea and Russia. Research Paper 14/16.
Source:
United Kingdom. House of Commons Library.
Date of Document:
17 March 2014
Author:
Ben Smith; Daniel Harari
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
conflict; map; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Russia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
Title:
Russian Federation. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
29 December 2016
Title:
Russia. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Russia. Nations in Transit 2016.
Author:
Robert W. Orttung
Accessed Date:
29 December 2016
Title:
Russia. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; identity documents; Internet; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Russian Federation
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 July 2013
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; state surveillance; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
International Crimes in Crimea: An Assessment of Two and a Half Years of Russian Occupation
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
27 September 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
South Ossetia. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
29 December 2016
Title:
Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the Russian Federation
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
28 April 2015
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Federal Law No. 62-FZ on Russian Federation Citizenship
Accessed Date:
3 December 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; legislation; marriage; police/security forces
Title:
Georgia and South Ossetia: Requirements and procedures for a Georgian citizen of Ossetian ethnicity to acquire South Ossetian citizenship (2008-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2014
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain internal and foreign travel passports; whether biometric passports have been used; if so, information on the biometric passport, including stored biometric data and its appearance; requirements and procedures...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 January 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Availability of fraudulent documents
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
corruption; corruption; crime; crime; document fraud; identity documents; legislation; trafficking in persons
Title:
Country Report: Russia
Source:
European University Institute. EUDO Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
July 2012
Author:
Alexander Salenko
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; gender equality; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legislation; marriage; nationality; police/security forces; religion; social services
Title:
Whether the consent of both parents is required for a child to be listed and/or pictured in one of the parents' international passports; whether the consent of both parents is required for a child to obtain his or her own passport
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents
Title:
Conditions under which Soviet-born persons who emigrated from the territory of Russia before, during or after 1992 would be permitted to apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation; factors taken into account when processing such an...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 September 2008
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; police/security forces
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a temporary residence permit, a permanent residence permit, and citizenship through marriage
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2011
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; marriage
Title:
Whether a database containing residency registration information of Russian citizens exists; how it is accessed and under what circumstances; how it is updated
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 December 2009
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; government corruption; nationality; police corruption; police/security forces
Title:
Russia Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Federal Law on Introduction of Changes into the Federal Law 'on the Citizenship of the Russian Federation'
Date of Document:
12 November 2012
Accessed Date:
19 November 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Information Letter: New Regulations on Dual Citizenship in Russia
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Whether an individual born in the Soviet Union (Russia) to ethnic Russian parents, who is a citizen of Uzbekistan, is entitled to Russian citizenship (2013-May 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 May 2014
Accessed Date:
29 May 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
The Aftermath of Annexation: Russia and Ukraine Adopt Conflicting Rules for Changing Citizenship of Crimean Residents (updated)
Source:
European University Institute. EUDO Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
16 April 2014
Accessed Date:
18 June 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; political activities
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Russian Federation. Election for Gosudarstvennaya Duma (State Duma) of 18 September 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Russian Federation. Election for President (President) of 4 March 2012.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
23 December 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Russian Federation, State Duma Elections, 18 September 2016. OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission, Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
23 December 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 — Russia Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Russia
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
23 August 2016
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
“Like Walking a Minefield”: Vicious Crackdown on Critics in Russia's Chechen Republic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 August 2016
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Russia: Government vs. Rights Groups. The Battle Chronicle.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Agents of the People: Four Years of “Foreign Agents” Law in Russia: Consequences for the Society
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Crimea in the Dark: The Silencing of Dissent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Russian Federation. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; honour crimes; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Domestic violence; recourse and protection available to victims of domestic violence; support services and availability of shelters (2010-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Russia (Russian Federation). Wave Report 2014: Specialized Women's Support Services and New Tools for Combatting Gender-Based Violence in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Author:
Kelly Blank et al
Accessed Date:
26 November 2015
Keywords:
domestic violence; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Brutal Killing in Russia Highlights Lack of Domestic Violence Law
Source:
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Date of Document:
28 January 2013
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
crime; domestic violence; femicide; gender-based violence; legislation; social services
Title:
Domestic Violence in Russia. A Landscape Analysis of Domestic Violence Laws.
Source:
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Date of Document:
December 2013
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; femicide; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of the Russian Federation
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 November 2015
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Russia: Bill to Decriminalize Domestic Violence
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 January 2017
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Situation and treatment of sexual minorities; legislation, state protection and support services
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Russia. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Suuntaus Project: Current Situation of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Russia
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
4 October 2015
Accessed Date:
26 November 2015
Title:
Russia: Year in Review Report
Source:
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Date of Document:
8 January 2015
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Title:
License to Harm: Violence and Harassment Against LGBT People and Activists in Russia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 December 2014
Accessed Date:
23 December 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; children; crime; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Monitoring of discrimination and violence based on SOGI in Russia in 2015
Source:
Russian LGBT Network
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Justice or Complicity? LGBT Rights and the Russian Courts
Source:
Equal Rights Trust
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Russia (Tier 3). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
9 January 2017
Title:
Extent of corruption, including anti-corruption legislation; government efforts to combat corruption (2009-Oct. 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 November 2012
Accessed Date:
10 December 2012
Keywords:
corruption; government corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; statistics
Title:
Evaluation of Russia. Phase 2 Report on Implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in the Russian Federation.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Working Group on Bribery.
Date of Document:
October 2013
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
corruption; legislation
Title:
Russia: St. Petersburg. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 March 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Russia: Vladivostok. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 January 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
The Ultra-Right Movement under Pressure: Xenophobia and Radical Nationalism in Russia, and Efforts to Counteract Them in 2015
Source:
SOVA-Center for Information and Analysis
Date of Document:
8 April 2016
Author:
Natalia Yudina, Vera Alperovich
Editor:
Alexander Verkhovsky
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Overview of the Package of Changes into a Number of Laws of the Russian Federation Designed to Provide for Additional Measures to Counteract Terrorism
Source:
International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
21 July 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Information on military conscription and exemption from service, including alternative military service for conscientious objectors
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2011
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
corruption; indigenous groups; legislation; military service; religion
Title:
Military service, including amendments to military service; whether women are treated differently than men; whether holders of military books are treated differently than conscripted persons; consequences of draft evasion and availability of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 April 2015
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
identity documents; legislation; military service
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Procedures for obtaining police reports and medical reports; whether these can be obtained by a third party acting on behalf of a Russian citizen who is outside the country
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 December 2009
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
medical records; police report
Title:
Whether hospitals are obliged to notify police if someone is treated as the result of an assault, including cases of domestic violence
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 December 2009
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; institutional efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Fifth Periodic Report of the Russian Federation, Adopted by the Committee at Its Forty-Ninth Session (29 October-23 November 2012)
Source:
United Nations. Committee Against Torture.
Date of Document:
11 December 2012
Accessed Date:
19 November 2013
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; military service; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political opposition; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Gabriela Knaul. Addendum: Mission to the Russian Federation.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 April 2014
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
legal system; legislation
Title:
Report by Nils Muižnieks Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following His Visit to the Russian Federation from 3 to 12 April 2013
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
12 November 2013
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; torture
Title:
Russia. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
Russian Federation UPR Mid-Term Report
Source:
Lawyers for Lawyers
Date of Document:
15 May 2016
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Measures implemented to fight police corruption, including the procedure for filing a complaint against the police; the witness protection program
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 November 2011
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; torture; witness protection
Title:
Standardized police reporting forms, including appearance; whether police are required to submit a written response to a complainant regardless of whether they pursue an investigation, appearance and content of the written response; police...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 October 2015
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
police report; police/security forces
Title:
Russia: Control from the Top Down. Enemies of the Internet Report 2014.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
12 March 2014
Accessed Date:
22 September 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; Internet; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; state surveillance; warrants
Title:
Russia. Freedom on the Net 2016.
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Russia. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
Russia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
Russia. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Page Numbers:
190-198; 259-267
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
The Fethullah Gülen movement (Hizmet movement), including activities and regions of operation; treatment of members by society and authorities; recourse available to members, including state protection (2002-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 February 2015
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
conflict; freedom of expression; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Treatment of members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (2011- November 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2014
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
Russia: Inconsistency of 'anti-missionary' punishments
Date of Document:
20 December 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Situation and treatment of visible ethnic minorities; availability of state protection
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 October 2009
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; minorities; nationality; police/security forces; political opposition; race; religion
Title:
Situation and treatment of ethnic Armenians, particularly in Moscow; availability of state protection (2009-July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; judicial efficacy; legislation; minorities
Title:
Situation and treatment of Jews, state protection and support services
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 October 2009
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; ethnic and national groups; judicial efficacy; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; religion
Title:
Russia. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Author:
Boris Babin et al.
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
ECRI Report on the Russian Federation (Fourth Monitoring Cycle)
Source:
European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance
Date of Document:
15 October 2013
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; Internet; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; nationality; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; religion
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Twentieth to the Twenty-Second Periodic Reports of the Russian Federation, Adopted by the Committee at Its Eighty-Second Session (11 February-1 March 2013)
Code:
CERD/C/ RUS/CO/20-22
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
17 April 2013
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
children; crime; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; race; religion
Title:
Resolution CM/ResCMN(2013)1 on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the Russian Federation
Source:
Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers.
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; legislation; minorities
Title:
Human Rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
February 2012
Page Numbers:
1-28, 39-220
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly
Title:
The treatment of people of mixed race and of people of African descent by society and the authorities; state protection provided to people of mixed race and to people of African descent who have been victims of violence and...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 March 2015
Accessed Date:
14 January 2016
Keywords:
crime; ethnic and national groups; legislation; race; social services
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention. Twenty-third to twenty-fourth periodic reports of States parties due in 2016. Russian Federation.
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
1 July 2016
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
The situation of national minorities in Crimea following its annexation by Russia
Source:
European Parliament
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
Author:
Natalia Shapovalova
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Information on the State Program for Assisting Compatriots Residing Abroad in Their Voluntary Resettlement in the Russian Federation (2007-October 2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 November 2011
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; institutional efficacy
Title:
Residence registration system, including legal requirements to change residence registration when moving from a residence with multiple co-registrants and whether consent from co-registrants is needed (2014-February 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 February 2015
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
corruption; freedom of movement; gender equality; government corruption; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; police/security forces
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Russia. ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 13 May 2016:
Title:
Russia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
5 January 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
Accessed Date:
20 January 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Russian Federation. Amnesty International Report 2014/15: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/russian-federation/report-russian-federation/
Accessed Date:
24 November 2015
Keywords:
conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Russia. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/russia
Accessed Date:
29 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; honour crimes; human rights activists; labour; legislation; police/security forces; sexual minorities; torture
Title:
Russia. Nations in Transit 2015.
Author:
Robert W. Orttung
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2015/russia
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; Internet; labour; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
South Ossetia. Freedom in the World 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/south-ossetia
Accessed Date:
26 November 2015
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; Internet; legal system; penal system; political activities; political opposition; religion
Title:
Russia Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/reciprocity-by-country/RS.html
Accessed Date:
26 November 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; family law; identity documents; marriage; military service; penal system
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2014 — Russia Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/Inhalte/reports/2014/pdf/BTI%202014%20Russia.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; torture
Title:
Russia. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2015
URL:
http://www.ilga-europe.org/sites/default/files/Attachments/01_full_annual_review_updated.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 November 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; human rights activists; legislation; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Russia (Tier 3). Trafficking in Persons Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243519.htm
Accessed Date:
26 November 2015
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; government corruption; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Russia: St. Petersburg. 2015 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17879
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; legislation; minorities; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services; state surveillance; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Russia: Vladivostok. 2015 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17090
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; institutional efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police corruption
Title:
Russia. WJP Rule of Law Index 2014.
Source:
World Justice Project
URL:
http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/pdf/rule-of-law-index-RUS-full.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
corruption; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; judicial corruption; labour; minorities; police corruption; religion; statistics
Title:
Russia. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/russia
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
corruption; crime; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet; legal system; legislation
Title:
Russia. Freedom on the Net 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2015/russia
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
corruption; crime; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; Internet; legislation; political activities; political opposition; state surveillance
Title:
Russia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; government corruption; institutional efficacy; Internet; legal system; legislation; military service; minorities; police efficacy; religion
Title:
Russia. USCIRF Annual Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
30 April 2015
URL:
http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/USCIRF%20Annual%20Report%202015%20%282%29.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 December 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; minorities; religion; torture
Title:
Russia. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015: Events of 2014.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Author:
Paul Iganski; Anastasia Denisova
URL:
http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MRG-state-of-the-worlds-minorities-2015-FULL-TEXT.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
crime; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; Internet; minorities
Title:
Russia. ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
URL:
http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/survey_global_rights_index_2015_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
labour; legal system; legislation
Title:
Russia 2012-2013: Attack on Freedom
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial
Date of Document:
February 2014
URL:
http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_russie_2012-2013_uk-ld_1_.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; Internet; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political prisoners; sexual minorities; state surveillance
Title:
Russian Dual-Citizenship-Declaration Law Comes into Force
Source:
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Date of Document:
4 August 2014
URL:
http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-bill-criminalize-hiding-of-dual-citizenship-comes-into-force/25479962.html
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Laws of Attrition: Crackdown on Russia's Civil Society after Putin's Return to the Presidency
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
April 2013
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/04/24/laws-attrition/crackdown-russias-civil-society-after-putins-return-presidency
Accessed Date:
19 November 2013
Keywords:
children; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; government corruption; human rights activists; Internet; legislation; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Russian Federation. Election for Gosudarstvennaya Duma (State Duma) of 4 December 2011.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/508/
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Russia: Government against Rights Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 November 2015
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/11/06/russia-government-against-rights-groups
Accessed Date:
26 November 2015
Keywords:
human rights activists; legal system; legislation; political activities; social services
Title:
Implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the Russian Federation: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues
Source:
LGBT Organization “Coming Out”; Transgender Legal Defense Project (Rainbow Foundation); Russian LGBT Network
URL:
http://www.lgbtnet.ru/sites/default/files/lgbtreporticcpr.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
crime; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; sexual minorities
Title:
Russia: Anti-LGBT Law a Tool for Discrimination
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 June 2014
URL:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/29/russia-anti-lgbt-law-tool-discrimination
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
children; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Pro-Kremlin and Oppositional – with the Shield and on It: Xenophobia, Radical Nationalism and Efforts to Counteract them in Russia during the First Half of 2015
Source:
SOVA-Center for Information and Analysis
Date of Document:
31 August 2015
Editor:
Alexander Verkhovsky
URL:
http://www.sova-center.ru/en/xenophobia/reports-analyses/2015/08/d32675/
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
crime; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; race; religion; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
Russia: A Move to Investigate Police Abuses
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 April 2012
URL:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/19/russia-move-investigate-police-abuses
Accessed Date:
12 February 2013
Keywords:
police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; torture
Title:
Russia. Attacks on the Press in 2013.
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
URL:
http://cpj.org/2014/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2013-russia.php
Accessed Date:
17 December 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet
Title:
Whether Russian citizens who have not completed their military service may be issued international passports; restrictions on issuance of international passports (March 2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 March 2006
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=449980
Accessed Date:
22 November 2012
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; military service
Title:
International Crimes in Crimea: An Assessment of Two and a Half Years of Russian Occupation
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
27 September 2016
URL:
http://iphronline.org/international-crimes-crimea-20160927.html
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the Russian Federation
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
28 April 2015
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR/C/RUS/CO/7&Lang=En
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Information Letter: New Regulations on Dual Citizenship in Russia
Date of Document:
June 2014
URL:
https://www.dlapiper.com/~/media/Files/Insights/Publications/2014/06/DLAPiperDualcitizenshipengJune2014.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 January 2017
Title:
Russian Federation. Election for Gosudarstvennaya Duma (State Duma) of 18 September 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2694/
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Russian Federation, State Duma Elections, 18 September 2016. OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission, Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
23 December 2016
URL:
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/russia/290861
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Russia
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
23 August 2016
URL:
http://www.icnl.org/research/monitor/russia.html
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
“Like Walking a Minefield”: Vicious Crackdown on Critics in Russia's Chechen Republic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 August 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/08/30/walking-minefield/vicious-crackdown-critics-russias-chechen-republic
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Russia: Government vs. Rights Groups. The Battle Chronicle.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 January 2017
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/russia-government-against-rights-groups-battle-chronicle
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Agents of the People: Four Years of “Foreign Agents” Law in Russia: Consequences for the Society
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/5147/2016/en/
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Crimea in the Dark: The Silencing of Dissent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur50/5330/2016/en/
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of the Russian Federation
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 November 2015
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2fC%2fRUS%2fCO%2f8&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Russia: Bill to Decriminalize Domestic Violence
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 January 2017
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/23/russia-bill-decriminalize-domestic-violence
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Monitoring of discrimination and violence based on SOGI in Russia in 2015
Source:
Russian LGBT Network
URL:
http://lgbtnet.org/en/content/monitoring-discrimination-and-violence-based-sogi-russia-2015-0
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Justice or Complicity? LGBT Rights and the Russian Courts
Source:
Equal Rights Trust
Date of Document:
September 2016
URL:
http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/Justice%20or%20Complicity%20LGBT%20Rights%20and%20the%20Russian%20Courts_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
The Ultra-Right Movement under Pressure: Xenophobia and Radical Nationalism in Russia, and Efforts to Counteract Them in 2015
Source:
SOVA-Center for Information and Analysis
Date of Document:
8 April 2016
Author:
Natalia Yudina, Vera Alperovich
Editor:
Alexander Verkhovsky
URL:
http://www.sova-center.ru/en/xenophobia/reports-analyses/2016/04/d34247/
Accessed Date:
30 December 2016
Title:
Overview of the Package of Changes into a Number of Laws of the Russian Federation Designed to Provide for Additional Measures to Counteract Terrorism
Source:
International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
21 July 2016
URL:
http://www.icnl.org/research/library/files/Russia/Yarovaya.pdf
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Russian Federation UPR Mid-Term Report
Source:
Lawyers for Lawyers
Date of Document:
15 May 2016
URL:
http://www.advocatenvooradvocaten.nl/11724/russian-federation-upr-mid-term-report/
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
Russia: Inconsistency of 'anti-missionary' punishments
Date of Document:
20 December 2016
URL:
http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2242
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention. Twenty-third to twenty-fourth periodic reports of States parties due in 2016. Russian Federation.
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
1 July 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2fC%2fRUS%2f23-24&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
The situation of national minorities in Crimea following its annexation by Russia
Source:
European Parliament
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
Author:
Natalia Shapovalova
URL:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EXPO_STU(2016)578003
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
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