Human rights in Russia : citizens and the state from Perestroika to Putin /

"Today Russia and human rights are both high on the international agenda. Since Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, domestic developments -- from the prosecution of Pussy Riot to the release of Khodorkovsky -- and Russia's global role, especially in relation to Ukraine, have captured...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McAuley, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Series:LMRH.
Subjects:
Human rights > Russia (Federation) > History.
Civil rights > Russia (Federation)
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Russie > Histoire.
European history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Civil rights
Human rights
Menschenrecht
Aktivismus
Russia (Federation)
Russland
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Perestroika to 1993: seedbed for human rights
  • Human rights organizations: first shoots
  • Early debates over rights and strategies
  • Local differences, tackling isolationism
  • Western assistance, an extraordinary congress
  • The civic forum of 2001: to tango or to sit it out
  • Activists and popular attitudes
  • Army and police reform
  • Prison inspectors, juvenile courts, domestic violence and refugees
  • Past and present: the International Memorial Society
  • Young lawyers step forward
  • Twenty years on: human rights, society and politics
  • Conclusion.

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