Russian Federation

Table of Contents

Overview

Russian Federation is covered by OHCHR Headquarters.

OHCHR Framework for Cooperation with the Russian Federation for 2007 and beyond

News & Statements

Latest news

29 Oct 2024

Special Procedures

Special Rapporteur exposes torture in Russia as a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad

29 Oct 2024

Independent investigation

Ukraine: Torture by Russian authorities amounts to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry

25 Oct 2024

Treaty bodies

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Holds Informal Meeting with States Parties

23 Oct 2024

Special Procedures

Russia must confirm news of Ukrainian journalist’s death in custody: UN experts

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Latest statements & messages

29 Oct 2024

Independent investigation

Statement by Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to the General Assembly Third Committee

08 Oct 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner Türk on Ukraine: “Tragic example of the devastation of war on people, the environment, and a common future”

02 Aug 2024

Special Procedures

Russia: All remaining human rights defenders, journalists and anti-war critics convicted in sham trials must be released, say UN experts

09 Jul 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner Türk provides update on Ukraine: “War is the worst enemy of human rights”

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Featured Stories

Ms Manukhina whose son and husband were detained by Russian soldiers shows photographs of her loved ones. © OHCHR/Yevhen Nosenko
24 July 2023 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Arbitrary Detention: The lost men of Dymer

UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission monitors met with two women, residents of Dymer in the Kyiv region, whose civilian relatives were taken by Russian soldiers when they occupied the area in late February last year. The men are still being held.
Two UN Human Rights Officers visit a sport complex in Ukraine. © Michael Fostik/OHCHR
26 April 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ukraine: Behind the numbers

Each day, as Russia continues to war with Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine tallies human rights abuses, including civilian casualties and other violations using interviews, analysis and initiative, sharing those numbers with the world.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ten Years of Occupation by the Russian Federation: Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine

HRMMU Update on the human rights situation of older persons in Ukraine in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation

A/76/260: Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine

A/75/334: Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/79/508: Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, “Torture in the Russian Federation: a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad”.

A/HRC/57/59: Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation (Advance edited version)

A/HRC/54/54: Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation (Advance edited version)

A/72/335: Unlawful death of refugees and migrants - Note by the Secretary-General - Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

A/HRC/36/44/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, on his mission to the Russian Federation - Note by the Secretariat

E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.2: Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak - Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur: Visits to Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Mexico, Romania, the Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Venezuela

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CRC/C/RUS/CO/6-7: Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of the Russian Federation

CERD/C/RUS/CO/25-26: Concluding observations on the combined twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth periodic reports of the Russian Federation

CEDAW/C/RUS/CO/9: Concluding observations

CAT/C/RUS/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation

Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding observations on the report submitted by the Russian Federation under article 12 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Concluding Observations in relation to the initial report of the Russian Federation

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions Council of Europe

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Europe and Central Asia Section
Telephone: +41 22 917 9220
Email: ohchr-InfoDesk@un.org

 

In the Field

OHCHR Project Office
Address: 9 Leontyevsky Lane
125009, Moscow, Russia
Tel/Fax: (+7 495) 787 21 03
E-mail: ohchr-russia@un.org

Photo credit: EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky

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