• Moscow City & Moscow Region  Human rights defenders   International law   Freedom of association   Harassment of activists

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has requested an opinion from the Venice Commission, the consultative body on constitutional law at the Council of Europe, on the amendments to the law on NGOs relating to the introduction of the "foreign agent" status, as well as the amendments to Russia's Criminal and Criminal Procedure Code on treason and espionage. [Read more]