Memorial Human Rights Centre

Memorial Human Rights Centre was one of the oldest Russian human rights organizations, founded in Moscow in 1993. Memorial received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for its human rights work, along with two other human rights organizations. Russian authorities forcibly liquidated the group in 2022.

Memorial was working on various projects in the field of human rights, in particular, litigation at the European Court of Human Rights; monitoring violations in the North Caucasus and Central Asia, and breaches of criminal procedure; and providing protection for the victims of political persecution, legal assistance for migrants, and protection for minorities.

Together with OVD-Info, they launched a campaign to file thousands of complaints against the Russian Federation for violating the right to peaceful assembly.

Memorial. Human Rights Defense Center continues the work in its place.

1612 applications available in the SOP database. All of the applications are lodged against Russia.

Applications by status
Final judgment 1350
Communicated without observations 139
Judgement or decision 69
Inadmissible 19
Application awaiting first judicial decision 19
Communicated with observations 13
Application pending possible transfer to Grand Chamber 2
Struck out 1
Application Number Name State Date lodged Representative Current state
25390/22
International Memorial v. 🇷🇺
28/04/2022
25390/22 International Memorial Russia 28/04/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Application pending possible transfer to Grand Chamber
23047/22
Yeliseyev v. 🇷🇺
15/04/2022
23047/22 Yeliseyev Russia 15/04/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
22019/22
Greyner v. 🇷🇺
13/04/2022
22019/22 Greyner Russia 13/04/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
22658/22
Bogatko v. 🇷🇺
12/04/2022
22658/22 Bogatko Russia 12/04/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
21710/22
Shlykov v. 🇷🇺
08/04/2022
21710/22 Shlykov Russia 08/04/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Communicated without observations
23625/22
Geydarov v. 🇷🇺
28/03/2022
23625/22 Geydarov Russia 28/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
23622/22
Gartsev v. 🇷🇺
28/03/2022
23622/22 Gartsev Russia 28/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
23619/22
Kapranova v. 🇷🇺
28/03/2022
23619/22 Kapranova Russia 28/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
23615/22
Ryabov v. 🇷🇺
28/03/2022
23615/22 Ryabov Russia 28/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
24919/22
Chip v. 🇷🇺
23/03/2022
24919/22 Chip Russia 23/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
24873/22
Ponomareva v. 🇷🇺
23/03/2022
24873/22 Ponomareva Russia 23/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
24468/22
Batishchev v. 🇷🇺
23/03/2022
24468/22 Batishchev Russia 23/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Communicated without observations
18967/22
Ivanov v. 🇷🇺
19/03/2022
18967/22 Ivanov Russia 19/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
18964/22
Goryunov and Others v. 🇷🇺
18/03/2022
18964/22 Goryunov and Others Russia 18/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
18960/22
Martynov v. 🇷🇺
18/03/2022
18960/22 Martynov Russia 18/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
18155/22
Nizhnikov v. 🇷🇺
17/03/2022
18155/22 Nizhnikov Russia 17/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
18083/22
Kuzmina v. 🇷🇺
16/03/2022
18083/22 Kuzmina Russia 16/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Inadmissible
18590/22
Buriyev v. 🇷🇺
14/03/2022
18590/22 Buriyev Russia 14/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
18580/22
Ostapenko v. 🇷🇺
14/03/2022
18580/22 Ostapenko Russia 14/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Communicated without observations
17980/22
Yeshtokin v. 🇷🇺
09/03/2022
17980/22 Yeshtokin Russia 09/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
20454/22
Vershinin v. 🇷🇺
07/03/2022
20454/22 Vershinin Russia 07/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
20448/22
Churakov v. 🇷🇺
07/03/2022
20448/22 Churakov Russia 07/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
30756/22
Dobrokhotova v. 🇷🇺
06/03/2022
30756/22 Dobrokhotova Russia 06/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
30755/22
Kolosov v. 🇷🇺
06/03/2022
30755/22 Kolosov Russia 06/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
30754/22
Milyuk v. 🇷🇺
06/03/2022
30754/22 Milyuk Russia 06/03/2022 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment