Coalition Against Hate is a partnership of human rights organizations that was designed and launched by UCSJ and MHG in Moscow in consultation with other human rights NGOs (non-governmental organizations). This blog serves as a vital means of communication allowing the Coalition to share and publish critical information about antisemitism, xenophobia and religious discrimination. Our Mission provides more information on the goals of the Coalition, but you can read more about the founding partners below.

Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union (UCSJ)
Washington, DC; Chicago, IL (USA)
http://www.ucsj.org/
The Union was founded in 1970 as the "voice of the Refuseniks in the West". Established human rights monitoring bureaus in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Latvia.  The main areas of activity: monitoring hate crimes; developing monitoring networks across Russia in partnership; publishing periodic country human rights reports, daily bulletins and weekly electronic newsletter Bigotry Monitor; preparing regular briefs for the U.S. Administration and Congress.

Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG)
Moscow
http://www.mhg.ru/
Moscow Helsinki Group - the oldest contemporary Russian human rights organization - was founded in 1976. On August, 1 1975 the Conference on the Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Helsinki, came to the end. Heads of the USSR, having signed the Concluding Accord of the Conference, assumed obligations to follow the international standards on human rights. On May, 12 1976 MHG was established, it was aimed to carry out control over soviet government activity in the sphere of human rights.

From the very beginning of its existence MHG deals with revelation of Human Rights violations and exercising a pressure on authorities to make them fulfill undertaken international obligations in human rights sphere. The main areas of activity are: support of human rights NGOs, human rights activists and civil coalitions, monitoring, education, legal assistance, expert work, spreading information and many others. MHG is a multi-profile human rights organization and serves as a resource center for hundreds of Non-Governmental Organizations. It provides these organizations with organizational, educational, as well as other forms of support. MHG makes all the possible efforts for reinforcement and promotion of civil society in Russia, providing well-rounded support for the development of human rights and civil movement in the RF regions. Over 100 regional human rights organizations participate in joint projects with the MHG

International Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM)
http://yhrm.org
International network founded in 1998.
YHRM is a community of people from different countries (at present – more than 30 states), young (by passport or by soul), for whom Human Rights and individual dignity are crucial values. We are united in a Network to support each other in defending and promoting these values, to share ideas, to arrange joint actions and to form new generation of civil activists. It's a free-will community, in which different people, attitudes and methods are appreciated; only violence, aggression and discrimination are unacceptable. The main issues of activity are: youth for human rights and human dignity; youth rights (namely students’ rights), anti-Fascism and tolerance (holding the yearly International Kristallnacht -  Never Again Awareness Week); youth for justice; solidarity and support for human rights advocates ( the “Solidarity” campaign). Within the framework of the said issues the network carries out research and monitoring, realizes  educational, informational etc. programms, holds public campaigns and events. YHRM supports civic initiatives of its members and invites new groups and organizations to promote and defend human rights together.

International Network “Young Europe”
Voronezh/Moscow/Samara
http://www.youngeurope.org/
The network was founded in 2001. The network uniting young people and organizations from the countries of Eastern and Western Europe and Central Asia is designed to further the social and cultural development of the said states in the vein of universal, all-European and humanitarian values for building the European community of the new millennium. The main areas of activity are: promoting “European” values (tolerance, cultural interaction, human rights standards, etc) in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia; promoting “Eastern” values ( culture, arts, humanitarian approaches and ideas) in the countries of Western Europe; opposing the new “Iron Curtain” which is beginning to emerge between the countries of the UC and CIS by means of cooperation of the young people from the West and the East.

Youth Network against Racism and Intolerance (YNRI)
http://ynri.hrworld.ru/
International network was founded in 2004 and unites people, informal groups and organizations from different countries. The Network was formed from antifascism groups, which started their activity firstly in Voronezh (since 1996) and Central Russia, and since 1999 were included in the section "Tolerance" of Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM), which in 2004 was transformed into Youth Network against Racism and Intolerance. The main areas of activity are: promotion of ideas of tolerance, antifascism and intercultural cooperation (firstly among youth); creation, development and support to groups, organizations and communities, which actively resist to xenophobia, racism and intolerance; working up and realization of new forms, methods and approaches, which contribute to cultural diversity and personal dignity affirmation.

SOVA Center for Information and Analysis
Moscow
http://www.sova-center.ru/
SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis was established in October 2002. The main areas of activity are: studies of xenophobia and nationalism in all fields of social and state life; studies of  relationship between religion and society; examination of the practice of counteraction to radical nationalism on the part of the state and society.  The centre monitors hate crimes and produces daily news and regular reports on relevant issues.

Civil Assistance (Public Committee for Aid to Refugees)
Moscow
http://www.refugee.ru/
The committee was founded in 1989  and registered in November 1990. The main areas of activity are:  legal, humanitarian and arrangement assistance for forced  and labour migrants (the projects: "Assistance for political refugees from Central Asia", "Urgent medical assistance for wounded and/or seriously sick people from Chechnya", "Assistance for people who return on a voluntary basis from Belgium" and others).
The Committee runs a public office for forced refugees and the Center for  the refugees’ children adaptation and teaching.

DEMOS (Center for democracy and Human Rights Studies
Moscow
http://www.demos-center.ru/
The centre was founded in  2004. It works together with a specially formed expert network of regional NGOs. The main areas of activity are: informative and expert-analytical support to Russian and international non-governmental organizations, research centers and official state agencies. The current thematic priorities are: the humanitarian problems in conflict zones, arbitrariness and violence in the work of state organs and the adoption of international standards in the field of human rights.

All-Russia Public Movement "For Human Rights"
Moscow
http://www.zaprava.ru/
The movement was established in 1997 as a  federation of  human rights orhanizations and currently numbers over 120 regional and local organizations addressing various aspect of human rights. The main areas of activity: enabling  the rule of law and development of the civil society in  Russia.

St. Petersburg Humanities and Political Studies Center "Strategy"
St. Petersburg
The centre was founded un 1993. The main areas of activity are: the civil society and NCOs; regional authority  adn local self-government; development of social partnership and public involvment.  Studies the ongoing process of the formation of the Russian civil society and hold edicational seminars, conferences adn round table talks.

For Russia without Racism public movement
St. Petersburg
The organisation was created on the basis of a group for national minorities rights. The main areas of activity are: research, educational activity, public activity.

Liberty of Conscience Institute
Moscow
http://www.atheism.ru/lci/
The institute was registered in 2002. The main areas of activity are: scientific research and events in such fields as freedom of conscience and counteraction to xenophobia, intolerance and discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief.  The Institute’s activity is characterized by such reserch and events, including  those which have been carried out together with the MHG and regional NGO, as: "Religion and Election in Russia", "Freedom of Conscience in Modern Russia", Xenophobia, Intolerance and Discrimination on the Grounds of Religion or Belief in the RF regions", "The Civil Society Opposing Xenophobia, Intolerance and Discrimination on the Grounds of Religion or Belief" , the "The Freedom of  Belief, Conscience and Religion"  section in collection of reports "The Human Rights in the Russian Federation".

Regional public organization "Moscow antifascist center"
Moscow
The centre was established in 1989. The main areas of activity are:  developing  and supporting programms aimed at resistance to fascization of the Russian society and state, to totalitarism ideology and  practice; enabling any activity aimed at  opposing parties, organizations and other public bodies advocating fascism in any form.

Slavic Centre for Law and Justice  and Religion and Law Journal
Moscow
The centre was founded in 1993. The main areas of activity are: legal assistance to persons and organizations and pleading cases relating to the right  to freedom of conscience and belief.

Moscow regional Public Charity Foundation "Social Partnership"
Moscow
The fouundation was established in 1997 by well-known deputies of the State Duma  and human rights activists including Galina Starovoitova,  to assist in building a state governed by rule-of-law, and to enable development of the civil society, protection of human rights and tolerance in Russia.  The main areas of activity are:  establishing public control over closed state structures,  such as  jails, detention rooms,  mental houses etc.

Interregional Human Rights Group Voronezh / Chernozemje
Voronezh
www.irhrg.ru
The organization was founded in 1995. The main areas of activity are:  protection of human rights and support of Human Rights and civil initiatives; development of the human rights community; disseminatiing the culture of respecting human rights.

Municipal non-governmental organization for women and children rights' protection "Assol"
Novosibirsk
The organization was  registered in 1999. The main areas of activity are:  protection of womens’ and children's rights, liquidation of legal illiteracy, attraction of society's attention to the problems of women and children, covering  womens’ and childrens' achievements in mass-media, participation in making decisions on the issues of womens’ and children's rights by federal and local authorities.

Public Regional Organisation "Kolskaya Association of Women Lawyers"
Murmansk
The Association was founded in 1995 to provide human rights defense and education and to promote civil society in Murmansk oblast. The main areas of activity are:  providing victims of torture and cruel treatment, domestic violence, military hazing and other forms of abuse with legal support and judicial protection in precedent-setting cases.

Youth Human Rights Group – Moscow (YHRG-Moscow)
Moscow
Contact e-mail: moscow@yhrm.org
The group was founded in 2001. It is part of the International Network "Youth Human Rights Movement" (YHRM). The main areas of activity are:  promoting the values of human rights and personal dignity; youth rights (including defense of students' rights); anti-Fascism and tolerance. Within the framework of the said issues the Group holds educational events and reserch,  spreads information and carries out various campaigns and actions. 

Youth Human Rights Group "System of Coordinates"
Vladimir
http://vladmpg.hrworld.ru/
The group was founded in 2001. Participates in the Youth Human Rights Movement’s Network. The main areas of activity are: promoting the civil society and rule of law ideas; enabling realization of programms  designed to defend human rights and support related movements in Vladimir region, support for youth civil initiatives.

Youth Human Rights Group – Povolzh’e
Nizhny Novgorod
The group was founded in 1998. Participates in the Youth Human Rights Movement’s Network. The main areas of activity are: promoting the civil society and rule of law ideas; enabling realization of programms  designed to defend human rights and support related movements  on the territory of the Volga-river region.

Youth Group for Tolerance "ETHnICS"
Krasnodar
The Group was registered in 2004 and carrently acts mainly in Krasnodar region. The main areas of activity are: tolerance, human rights, gender equality, environmental protection and others;  holding seminars, trainings, competitions, exhibitions, awareness-raising campaigns, solidarity actions etc; research and monitoring.

Non-government public organization "Stavropol region center of public initiative 'Alter Vita'"
Stavropol
The center was founded in 2000, since 2008 it represents the Moscow Helsinki Group in Sravropolski Krai. The main areas of activity are: the work on such projects as the Centre of  Civic Education, the Academy of raising a Worthy Citizen, the Club of Political Discussions; inter-training programms on tolerance, etc.

The Public Organization "Center for Civil Liberties"
Kiev
http://ccl.cs-nis.org/
The international Center was founded in 2007. The main areas of activity are: establishing an international human rights school for activists from the ex-Soviet countries; developing partnership programs between regional human rights groups in the region; development of an international portal "human rights in the post-Soviet space" and an information center for the human rights movement in these countries.

Representation to Ukraine of American Union of Councils for the Jews in the FSU
Lvov
The Bureau was established in 1992 as Ukrainian-American Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law. In 2000 the Bureau was transformed into and registered as the Representation to Ukraine of American Union of Councils for the Jews in the FSU. The main areas of the activities are: monitoring  cases of human rights violation in Ukraine; legal support; analysis of social, cultural and political processes in the light of human rights in post-Soviet Ukraine; maintaining interest in the human rights issue within the Ukranian  media-community; sociological and other research, etc.; advocacy for those oppressed on the political grounds; the questions connected withe Holocaust issue; preservation and protection of the cultural heritage and implementation of the relevant rulings in Ukraine.

Belarusian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
Minsk
http://belhelcom.org/
The Committee was founded in 1995. It has more than 14 missions in the major cities of the country, 12 of them work as public offices. The main areas of activity are: reviewing legislation from the human rights perspective and making recommendations on their improvement; monitoring human rights violations in Belarus and informing the Belarusian public and the international community on the situation; educational and awareness programms for youth; cooperating with other Belarusian NGOs, as well as with Helsinki committees and the UN and OSCE offices; rendering assistance (legal aid) to people who feel their rights violated, etc.

Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law
Almaty
This major Kazakhstan human rights organization, having 9 branches and 2 representations throughout the country, was founded in 1993. The main areas of activity are: monitoring the  observance of political rights and civil freedoms in the country; efforts to  bring the national legislation to conformity with international standards; strategic litigation; providing free legal aid; educational activities.

Public Movement “Multinational Georgia”
Tbilisi
http://%20www.pmmg.org.ge/
The movement движение was founded in 1999 and currently unites 56 minority NGOs and representatives of 18 ethnic communities living in Georgia. The main areas of activity are: equal rights for different ethnicities living in Georgia; mutual respect for their interests and values; mutually beneficial cooperation; analysis and design of policies; research and monitoring; publishing activities.