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 SOP database. All of the applications are lodged against Russia.

Applications by status
Final judgment 1349
Communicated without observations 139
Judgement or decision 70
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
40135/21
Gorbachev v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
40135/21 Gorbachev Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40133/21
Papulin and Others v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
40133/21 Papulin and Others Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40129/21
Kozlov v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
40129/21 Kozlov Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39723/21
Sharafutdinov v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39723/21 Sharafutdinov Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39584/21
Sokolov v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39584/21 Sokolov Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39255/21
Gishyan v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39255/21 Gishyan Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39237/21
Basargin v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39237/21 Basargin Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39233/21
Fominov v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39233/21 Fominov Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39225/21
Shkarin v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39225/21 Shkarin Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39222/21
Progunov and Others v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39222/21 Progunov and Others Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39215/21
Vasikova v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39215/21 Vasikova Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39211/21
Lobanov v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39211/21 Lobanov Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39209/21
Shelomentsev v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39209/21 Shelomentsev Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39206/21
Averin v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39206/21 Averin Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39198/21
Smirnov v. 🇷🇺
28/07/2021
39198/21 Smirnov Russia 28/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40062/21
Oleynik v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40062/21 Oleynik Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40061/21
Gusev v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40061/21 Gusev Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Communicated without observations
40059/21
Zelenskiy v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40059/21 Zelenskiy Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40058/21
Mokin v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40058/21 Mokin Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40056/21
Mokin v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40056/21 Mokin Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40054/21
Zavarzin v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40054/21 Zavarzin Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40053/21
Akopyan v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40053/21 Akopyan Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40051/21
Batrakov v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40051/21 Batrakov Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
40050/21
Filatov v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
40050/21 Filatov Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment
39896/21
Lushakov v. 🇷🇺
27/07/2021
39896/21 Lushakov Russia 27/07/2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre Final judgment