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3 February 2023

SJI seeks Executive Director

SJI is seeking an Executive Director to commence work by 1 May 2023. The Executive Director is responsible for securing the impact and overall sustainability of SJI in a highly volatile operational environment across several legal jurisdictions, and ensures the development and adaptation of SJI’s mission and methodologies in areas such as strategic litigation, human rights research, capacity-building and advocacy. The position can be taken up from a variety of different locations. 

12 August 2020

On 11 August 2020 the Main Investigative Directorate for the North Caucasus Federal District sent a reply in which it reported that the materials of the investigative check into the death of Madina Umayeva had been examined

A recommendation was also made to carry out specific pre-investigatory actions. However, the letter stated that there were no grounds to believe that the personnel of the regional department of the Investigative Committee in Chechnya were “personally invested, directly or indirectly, in the results of the pre-investigative check.”  Therefore, the request to transfer the investigation to the Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the North Caucasus federal district was rejected.

31 July 2020

SJI submits report on implementation of Volodina v Russia

The Court found that the Russian authorities had failed to protect the applicant from the violent actions of her former partner, and was the first judgment finding Russia responsible for gender-based discrimination against women due to the lack of effective remedies for domestic violence. The Court also found the Russian legal framework inadequate in the task of preventing, responding to and punishing domestic violence. 8 months since the entry into force of the Court's judgment, the crimes committed against the applicant have not been investigated and the perpetrator has not been punished. Rather, the applicant has received 11 new refusals to initiate criminal proceedings from three different regional authorities.

19 June 2020

Update to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly regarding the situation of seven detainees in Ingushetia

SJI submitted an update to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly regarding the situation of seven detainees currently held in connection with the protest movement in Ingushetia. One year after a previous submission, six of the detainees are still being held in pre-trial detention and four have had new charges brought against them for extremist activities. One of the detainees, a leader of the protest movement, Akhmed Barakhoyev, is elderly and has several underlying health issues, rendering him particular vulnerable during the Covid-19 pandemic.