Human Rights and Security Initiative - Related Event

Violence and Impunity in the North Caucasus: Status Report and Policy Recommendations

lmoore — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Summer 2009 in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan was the bloodiest in several years. Since the July murder of Natalia Estemirova, a human rights activist from Memorial, three more activists have been killed.

Approaches to Accounting for Post-9/11 Counterterrorism Policies and Actions: The Pros and Cons

lmoore — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:30:00 -0400

The United States has recently begun a debate about the need to account for policies and alleged crimes relating to counterterrorism since 9/11 and the best process for doing so: prosecution, commissions, Congressional investigation, general inquiry, something else altogether? Ambassador Tom Pickering, Vice Admiral Lee Gunn (retired), and Suzanne Spaulding led a discussion assessing these

President Obama Joins the U.S.-Russia Civil Society Summit

lmoore — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

CSIS, together with the Eurasia Foundation and the New Eurasia Foundation, hosted a meeting in Moscow during the Obama-Medvedev summit. The meeting brought together approximately 130 American and Russian civil society leaders for two days of discussion. President Obama attended the last session of the meeting, urging a shift in how the United States engages Russian civil society.

Views of Young Russian Women

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sarah Mendelson and Ted Gerber (University of Wisconsin-Madison) report results of a benchmark survey of 2,004 Russian women (ages 16-34), conducted in spring 2008, regarding knowledge, attitudes and experiences with human trafficking, prostitution, and discrimination and harassment in the workplace and institutes of educational.

Intolerance and Discrimination in Today's Russia

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Intolerance and xenophobia are widespread in today’s Russia. Violent hate crimes have been on the rise in recent years. This panel of experts will discussed nongovernmental efforts to monitor such incidents and the Russian government’s response to them; the challenges in combating hate crimes through a human rights framework; and the role of religious freedom in Russia&r

Book Discussion: The Angel of Grozny

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad discussed her most recent book The Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War, a portrayal of the lives of Chechnya’s children in the wake of the region’s long-standing conflict.

"Letter to Anna" Screening

mmalarkey — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0400

CSIS hosted a screening of the documentary Letter to Anna in which Swiss filmmaker Eric Bergkraut examines the life and death of Anna Politkovskaya (30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006), the Russian journalist and human rights activist well known for her reporting on the Chechen conflict.

Effectively Interrogating Terrorism Suspects: Lessons From the Field

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

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Three interrogators with significant operational experience discussed opportunities the United States has to improve its ability to collect intelligence from high value detainees and other human sources. They considered the following:

Accountability in Peacekeeping Missions and 1325 Implementation

lmoore — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:00 -0400

The Finnish Embassy, CSIS, and the American Society of International Law hosted a half-day meeting with representatives from the NGO community on the implementation of policies adopted in 2004 by the UN, the U.S.

Lessons for Russia Today? Overcoming Absent Memory in European and Latin American Contexts

lmoore — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:00:00 -0400

CSIS staff convened scholars and human rights activists with expertise on Argentina, Chile, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany and Russia to discuss strategies and tactics for overcoming the legacies of dictatorships and their applicability in today’s Russia.