The OECD is a key reference for climate finance data: at the request of donor countries, it has been reporting regular analyses on progress towards the $100 billion goal since 2015. It does this using an accounting framework that is aligned with the modalities for measuring climate finance agreed at COP24 in 2018. The OECD currently includes four t

As the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) noted in its Concluding Observations on Russia in August 2018 (CAT/C/RUS/CO/6), repeating its 2012 Concluding Observations recommendation “The Committee once again urges the State party to criminalize torture as an independent crime. The State party should also ensure that its definition of torture fully

At the first full hearing in his trial on 12 December 2024, Vasilyev appeared in the defendant’s glass box holding up a copy of the Russian Constitution and a piece of paper with the numbers 28 and 29, SOTAVision noted the same day. This was a reference to Articles 28 and 29 of the Constitution, which respectively guarantee freedom of conscience

Many others who publicly or online protested against the war have been fined under the Administrative Code. Repeat anti-war “offences” can lead to prosecution under the Criminal Code, which brings the possibility of jail terms. Ever-increasing internet censorship has seen websites and materials blocked for: “extremist” content; opposition t

Christian preacher Eduard Charov’s trial for repeatedly allegedly “discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces and state bodies is due soon. Buddhist Ilya Vasilyev is on trial for allegedly spreading “knowingly false information” about the Armed Forces “on grounds of hatred or enmity”. Pastor Nikolay Romanyuk, tortured while arrested, is u