"Alternative Report - 2022" of the Coalition of Russian NGOs
(Here - with current additions of November 2024
in the Conclusion "Our Proposals")
To the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Center for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; Tel.: (41-22) 917-9301, (41-22) 917-1234, Fax: (41-22) 917-0118.
Accompanying Letter
To the Russian NGOs’ “Alternative Report – 2022”:
Comments to the State "Consolidated sixth and seventh periodic report of the
Russian Federation on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child (2011 - 2019)" CRC/C/RUS/6-7
07 November, 2022
Dear Members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child !
According to the Article 45(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child we - Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the interests of children - submit to the Committee on the Rights of the Child this “Alternative Report – 2022”: Comments to the Russia’s State Periodic Report CRC/C/RUS/6-7, which covers the period 2011-2019. However, in this “Alternative Report – 2022” we included comments to the important events of 2020-2022 and following the structure and logic of the State Periodic Report tried to enlighten the updated situation. The same as it was done in previous Alternative Reports in 1998, 2005 and 2013 we conclude the “Alternative Report – 2022” with “Our Proposals”.
We hope that the ideas and proposals summed up here in the “Alternative Report - 2022” (on a State measures aimed to combat poverty of families with children, at resolving the heavy problems of poor children’s malnutrition or unbearable housing conditions, on School Mediation Services as a tool of child participation to combat the school bullying, etc.) can be useful not only in Russia but also in other countries with similar childhood problems.
We confirm the permission to distribute the “Alternative Report – 2022” in any open for public way, including electronic database of NGO reports that have been submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. And, of course, members of the Committee 2 may refer to this source during their discussion with the Government of Russia. We tried to do our best to follow the “Main points” of CRC Guide for NGO reporting. “Alternative Report - 2022” (without Accompanying Letter) does not exceed the limit of 10,000 words. And I personally registered for the Zoom pre-session on 16 November.
Many NGOs - members of the Coalition of the "Alternative Report - 2013" are also coauthors of this "Alternative Report - 2022", but the Coalition of today's report is much broader, primarily due to cooperation with many organizations protecting rights of disabled children and families with disabled children.
Contrary to the previous Alternative Reports, I do not attach here the List of NGOs - members of the Coalition of “Alternative Rep ort - 2022”. The reason is well known and desperately sad. Tragic Russia - Ukraine conflict resulted in serious problems in relations between Russia and many countries, and also with UN (let’s recall the almost unanimous vote at the UN General Assembly on October 12, 2022). I witness that many in Russia are horrified with these events and actually do not understand anything. The same is true with regard to many representatives of the authorities. The NGOs - coauthors of the “Alternative Report – 2022” in their daily work to save children, to help children constantly cooperate with the authorities of various levels, who, having seen this NGO in the List of authors of the submitted to UN “Alternative Report – 2022”, will inevitably stop this cooperation. As a result, the children whose rights these NGOs protect will suffer. That is why I do not attach here the List of NGOs - members of our Coalition-2022.
On behalf of NGOs - authors of the “Alternative Report – 2022”: Boris Altshuler, - Head of the “Right of the Child” NGO (umbrella NGO for Coalitions of the “Alternative Reports – 1998, 2005, 2013, 2022”, NGO - Member of the Child Rights Connect, Geneva), - Chairperson of the Coordinating Council of NGOs on Affairs of Children with Disabilities, - Member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, - Member of the Civic Chamber of Russia (in 2010-2014), Personal Page: http://right-child.ru/boris_altshuler.html Contacts: +7 985 477 93 87 baltshuler@yandex.ru baltshuler1939@gmail.com Moscow, Russia
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