Published by the World Bank February 2023 The full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022 has resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties, internal displacement of millions of people, widespread destruction of infrastructure, and disruption of services that are essential to human capital formation and protection. This Ukraine Human Development Update summarizes the …

Launch of a new website about bullying in schools   28.02.2023   This initiative has been developed by the travli.net project which helps schoolchildren, parents and professionals to combat bullying.   According to the website, “Bullying in classrooms is more common than in those where everyone is friendly toward one another. When someone is being …

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) receives its first appeals from foreign agents   27.02.2023   The ECHR will consider all the complaints together in a single session and assess their merits in terms of freedom of expression and association.   The petitioners include 42 organisations and individuals, including the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, the …

The promise I made from a Kyiv stage still stands: more than ever I’ll be there for the people of Ukraine Elton John in the Guardian There are 250,000 Ukrainians living with HIV, and more than 600,000 in communities at risk from it. I said I would do everything to help and renew that pledge …

The Higher League Club will hold a series of charity races around the world   The Higher League charity club has launched a new sports project called I’m Running to Help Children! Within the scope of their League of Dreams programme.   21.02.23   The first charity race was held on 18 February in Phuket, …

Applications are now open for Anti-crisis’s strategic CSO management school   Online classes will begin on 27 March and will be held three times a week. Participants can expect to learn theory and build on their knowledge in small groups.   21.02.2023   The All Together association invites managers and employees of non-profits to the …

State Duma passes law on the termination of Russia’s participation in Council of Europe international treaties The law formalises Russia’s decision, made on March 16 2022, to end their membership in the Council of Europe. 16.02.2023 The law makes provisions for Russia’s withdrawal from 21 international treaties — including the Statute of the Council of …

Tooba users from Russia and CIS have raised over 100 million roubles for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Users keep sending money, which will go towards purchasing medicine, food, and warm clothes. 15.02.2023 Since the earthquake in southern Turkey on February 6, over 37,000 people have died and 80,000 have been …

Humanitarian relief reached 15.8 million people in Ukraine with various forms of humanitarian assistance in 2022, ranging from food packages to hygiene supplies to shelter, health services, education support, legal aid, counselling, cash assistance and more. Almost 9.5 million people were able to receive medicine and various health-care services in the ten months of the …

Federal Penitentiary Service officers sentenced to five years in prison for torturing a prisoner 9 February 2023 Eva Merkacheva, member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, reported the verdict. “Three employees of the Irkutsk colony were sentenced for torture… They were sentenced to five years of imprisonment each. Is this a …