ADC Memorial

The mission of ADC Memorial is to defend the rights of victims of discrimination through a proactive response to human rights violations, including advocacy, legal assistance, human rights education, research, and publications. Our strategic Goals are: the eradication of all forms of discrimination; supporting adoption of anti-discrimination legislation; overcoming all forms of racism, homophobia and other minorities' rights violation and promoting human rights education. Our vision: is that the main condition in compliance with Human Rights principles should be non-discriminatory realisation of all the rights of each person. In the world of the future there should be no discrimination. Our aim is to protect the rights of minorities, migrants, stateless persons and other vulnerable people.

ADC Memorial website

Civic Assistance Committee for Refugees - CAC

The Civic Assistance Committee for Refugees (CAC) was established in 1990 and provides legal and humanitarian assistance to persons seeking asylum or other kinds of protection status in Russia. CAC provides reception assistance, including as a partner of UNHCR. It also conducts special projects of a humanitarian, legal, rehabilitative and/or educational nature. CAC is part of the MEMORIAL Human Rights Center Migration Rights Network. CAC has also worked on the penitentiary system and against xenophobia. Since 2014 it has conducted a project on expert activities in the area of lawmaking. 

Civic Assistance Committee for Refugees - CAC website