Russian Red Cross launches one-stop portal for finding care assistants The platform will allow people to search for a social worker, nanny or home help 04.05.2023 The one-stop information portal Help is Here, where users will be able to find a care assistant or nanny, is currently online in ten pilot areas: the regions of …

Ministry of Justice proposes changes to CSO court application procedure The ministry believes that a mandatory pre-trial dispute resolution mechanism for CSO-related public service provision will lighten court workloads and help CSOs save on legal fees. 28.04.2023 A draft bill providing for this change has gone out to public consultation on the federal portal for …

The Russian Children’s Ombudsman to propose enshrining the definition of bullying in law   27.04.2023   Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, has said that the problem of bullying exists in part because there is no such definition in law, TASS reports.   “Bullying – what is it anyway? A man comes …

Ministry of Education to bring in training standards to prepare orphans for adult life Since 2021, the ministry has been developing standards designed to prepare young adults across Russia for the moment when they leave their orphanages. 27.04.2023 This year, the Ministry of Education is to bring in training standards to help orphans to live …

Armenia and WHO work towards achieving tuberculosis elimination goal Published by WHO Office, Armenia, 20 April 2023 Field experts and leading specialists highlighted regional experience and cooperation at a conference in Armenia to mark World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March 2023. The event, Tuberculosis – a Modern Health Challenge, presented updates on the current epidemiological …

Published by Amnesty International, December 2022 Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022, has been characterized by a flagrant disregard for civilian life and frequent war crimes. Russia has indiscriminately attacked Ukrainian cities, including with banned weapons, committed extrajudicial executions in areas under its control, and targeted clearly-marked civilian infrastructure in …

At least 10% of summer camp places to be reserved for children with disabilities   19.04.2023   At its meeting on 18 April, the State Duma passed the first reading of a Bill that will allow the allocation of recreation places for children with disabilities.   The Bill’s authors want to strengthen the concept of …

CSOs ask the Ministry of Health to provide therapy for hepatitis C to HIV patients. According to patient organisations, since mid-2022 people with HIV have been increasingly denied free hepatitis C treatment due to a shortage of drugs. 17.04.2023 Representatives of leading socially oriented CSOs helping people with chronic viral hepatitis have sent a letter …

Russia to create a service for patients with chronic diseases. The creation of a digital service for personalised screening recommendations is one of the department’s main tasks, said Vladimir Zelensky, First Deputy Minister of Health. 14.04.23 Collecting as much data about a patient as possible, organising it, and issuing a universal set of services based …

In 2022, prisoners began to complain more often about the violation of their rights. According to the Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatiana Moskalkova, most complaints are related to conditions of detention, labour issues, and medical care. 13.04.23 On April 13, at a meeting of the expert council under the Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatiana Moskalkova …