About us
Citizens Watch is a human rights NGO initiated in 1992 by a group of Russian human rights activists, lawyers, journalists, and deputies to the Russian Parliament and to the St. Petersburg City Council. The founders' goals were to assist in establishing parliamentary and civic control over police, security service, and armed forces, and to help prevent violations of constitutional rights by these governmental agencies.
Citizens Watch sees its strategic priority in bringing the Russian legislation related to human rights and the practice of its application closer to international legal standards. We arrange seminars, conferences and study visits for Russian judges, lawyers and law enforcement officers to the countries of traditional democracy. We translate and publish guidelines and international documents on the functioning of courts and police in a democratic society, as well as rights-related literature aimed to raise the legal awareness of Russian citizens.
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Our projects
Strengthening Access to Justice for the Poor in the Russian Federation
2009 - 2011 Establishing Legal Aid Centres Network
Development of probation service
2005 - 2010 Providing supervision and social rehabilitation of offenders in community-based alternatives to prison.
Development of juvenile justice
1998 - 2006. For the activities in 2006 - 2009, please see the project "Development of probation service for young offenders".
Events
20.01.2012
European Standards in Civil and Criminal ProceedingsA two-day seminar "European Standards in Civil and Criminal Proceedings" was held in the premises of Citizens' Watch on 20-21 January 2012. It was the first event of the bilateral project on the exchange of experiences between Russian and Dutch lawyers.
21.01.2011
Problems of Legal SecrecyThe seminar was devoted to the problems of protecting confidential information in criminal procedure. Members of professional lawyers associations from St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region took part in the discussion.
30.10.2010
Training seminar for Russian lawyers on Article 5 of the European Convention for human rightsSeminar "Standards warranted by Article 5 of the European Convention" took place on 30 October 2010 in the premises of Citizens' Watch.
09.09.2010
Training seminar for Russian lawyers on Article 10 of the European Convention for human rightsSeminar "Standards warranted by Article 10 of the European Convention" took place on 9 September 2010 in the premises of Citizens' Watch.
10.06.2010
Training seminar for Russian lawyers on Article 6 of the European Convention for human rightsSeminar "Standards warranted by Article 6 of ECHR took place on 10 June 2010 in the premises of Citizens' Watch. |
PublicationsRefugees and Asylum-Seekers in the Russian FederationAn essay written for Citizens\' Watch by T. Felix Breedlove, volunteer from the USAStenographic Reports of Conferences and Seminars: lastStenographic Reports of Conferences and Seminars: lastWorking with Offenders in the Community60 pp Manual, St. Petersburg, 2008. Published in Russian with the financial support of the UK Consulate-General in St. Petersburg and the Ford Foundation'A person in a city''A person in a city'. Television program. Theme: Work of district militia officers. 2006Protection of the Victims'Protection of the Victims' Rights'.(18 min). Television film. Gagarin Trust. 2006 |
News
27.01.2012
European Standards in Civil and Criminal ProceedingsOn 20-21st January Citizens' Watch held the first event of the bilateral project (Russia - the Netherlands), a two-day seminar "European Standards in Civil and Criminal Proceedings." The seminar was opened by Mr. Jennes de Mol, Consul-General of the Netherlands in St. Petersburg.
19.01.2011
Statement on the 19th of January 2011
On this day, in memory of the antifascists Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, human rights activists oppose the increasing threat of fascism and the inadequate response of authorities towards protests.
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