WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:
General Women, Peace and Security: 2/15;
Conflict Prevention: 1/15;
Disarmament: 0/15;
Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 1/15;
Participation: 2/15;
Peace Processes: 3/15;
Peacekeeping: 1/15;
Protection: 3/15;
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 2/15;
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 1/15;
Implementation: 3/15;
Justice, Rule of Law, SSR: 3/15;
Human Rights: 2/15.

S/PV.6411: "In commemorating today 10 years since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), we should emphasise that much still needs to be done. Our partners in the Council and the relevant agencies and mechanisms of the United Nations system should give greater attention to how to involve women in implementation by enhancing gender equality when establishing peacekeeping contingents and in other relevant issues in mission mandates. Clearly, such issues will need to be approached on the basis of the characteristics of each specific situation."

**Note: Data is provided for 2012. There were no Security Council open debates on the threats caused by terrorist acts in 2010. 

WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:
General Women, Peace and Security: 0/2;
Conflict Prevention: 0/2;
Disarmament: 0/2;
Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 1/2;
Participation: 0/2;
Peace Processes: 1/2;
Peacekeeping: 0/2;
Protection:2/2;
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 0/2;
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 0/2;
Implementation: 1/2;
Justice, Rule of Law, SSR: 1/2;
Human Rights: 1/2.

S/PV.6427: "We are speaking, first and foremost, of children, women and the elderly, and the humanitarian personnel who help them. We are convinced that correcting this situation demands strict compliance with the norms of international humanitarian law and human rights standards and implementation of relevant Security Council decisions."

In its statement at the October 2010 Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, the Russian Federation did not announce any specific Women, Peace and Security commitments.

S/PV.6411: "The theme of women and peace and security should not be reduced to individual manifestations alone. Just such a balanced approach formed the basis for resolution 1325 (2000)."

S/PV.6411: "Our partners in the Council and the relevant agencies and mechanisms of the United Nations system should give greater attention to how to involve women in implementation by enhancing gender equality when establishing peacekeeping contingents and in other relevant issues in mission mandates."

Profit from Arms Transfer in 2009: $5,070,000,000

______________________________________

UN Women Government Total Contribution: $0

**Note: Gender Inequality Index ranking is provided for 2011. Information for 2010 is not available.

HDI (2011) (Human Development Index):
The Russian Federation was ranked 65th.

The Russian Federation is included in the "High Human Development" category.

Some 61 countries have statutory retirement ages that force women to retire earlier than men, typically five years earlier, despite women’s longer life expectancy. Among them is the Russian Federation. Such discriminatory policies can be a disincentive to hire, promote, and invest in women.

Women from the Russian Federation are on duty in the following peacekeeping missions:

MINURCAT (0),

MINURSO (0),

MINUSTAH (1),

MONUC (0),

UNMIK (0),

UNMIL (0),

UNMIT (2),

UNMIS (0),

UNOCI (0),

UNTSO (0).

Last recorded allegations against Russian peacekeepers:
2004: two Russian pilots enlisted girls for sex in exchange for jars of mayonnaise;
2005: (Congo) the most reliable guests of the hotel Uvira were the Russian pilots of the UN fleet who enjoyed services provided by the Congolese women in this hotel.

The representatives of the Russian Federation made no statements at the meetings of the Security Council on its position on the sexual exploitation and abuse committed by peacekeepers.

All NGOs: 360,000. (Estimates of numbers of active NGOs in Russia are subject to considerable dispute, since many officially registered NGOs are in fact completely inactive, while other organisations that do a great deal of work have chosen not to register.)

Key women's organisation's (ANNA) efforts in regard to gender issues include the following:
- Number of conferences: Unknown;
- Number of publications: 5+.

Types of social support provided:
Education: Yes
Anti-violence: Yes
Women's empowerment: Yes
Gender-related training: No
Political participation: No
Anti-human trafficking: No
Women's health: Yes
Lobbying and policymaking: Yes
Fundraising: No

The Russian Federation hosted the following high-level events in 2010:
- Regional Consultation of Women for Peace and Security.

**Note: The information about the high-level events has been collected using available media sources.

"Improving Living Conditions for Female Prisoners" project made efforts at reforming the prison system to address the specific needs of female detainees within a broader process of developing a more human-rights based prison system. In particular, efforts have been made towards addressing the needs of pregnant women and mothers of young children in prison facilities, as well as ensuring access to health care for female prisoners. The criminal laws and regulations of the Russian Federation contain provisions specific to mothers and pregnant women convicted of a criminal offence. A prison sentence for a pregnant woman or a woman with a young child convicted of a minor offence may be suspended until the child reaches the age of 14. If the woman concerned is not re-convicted in the interim period, the sentence is not activated.

According to ANNA (key women's organization), the Russian police do not receive domestic violence training and are reluctant to respond to, or register, domestic violence complaints. They tend to view such violence as “a private matter pertaining to the sphere of marital and familial relationships or as a personal problem of the affected woman.” Victims report that police treat them with hostility and blame them for provoking the violence. In addition, ANNA reports that in regards to bride kidnapping, the police are “extremely lenient towards all cases of abduction of young women, considering them to be ‘a kind of prenuptial activity. Women are under tremendous social pressure not to report rapes, and even when they do, they often face “hostility and suspicion” from police and prosecutors who pressure them to drop their complaints or accuse them of inviting the attack.

There is no National Action Plan on the Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 in the Russian Federation.

Military Expenditure in 2009: $51,532,000,00

_____

There is no National Action Plan on the Implementation of Resolution 1325.

Lower: 14.0%;

Upper: 4.7%. 

Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.20

In 2010, there was significant growth in the number of female law enforcement agents in leadership positions.

Many women work as forensic experts in the patrol in units of Criminal Investigation for the traffic police, in addition to working as psychologists, police dog experts, and 17 women served as police chiefs.

Total General Jurisdiction Judges: 21,043
Female: 11,906;
Male: 9,137.

Supreme Court Judges:
Female: 26;
Male: 81;
Total: 107.

Supreme Commercial Court
Female: 30;
Male: 26;
Total: 56.

Commercial Courts of the Federal Entity Level:
Female: 894;
Male: 1838;
Total: 2732.

Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.91.

Unemployment rate (percentage of female/male labour force):
Female: 6%;
Male: 6%.

Estimated earned income (PPP US$):
Female: 11,675;
Male: 18,171;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.64.

Legislators, senior officials, and managers (%):
Female: 37, Male: 63;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.59.

Professional and technical workers (%):
Female: 64, Male: 36;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.80.

The enrolment difference between males and females is provided below (The theoretical maximum value is 100%. Increasing trends are considered a reflection of improving coverage at the specified level of education):

Literacy rate (%):
Female: 99;
Male: 100;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.

Enrolment in primary education (%):
Female: 91;
Male: 91;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.

Enrolment in tertiary education (%):
Female: 89;
Male: 66;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.36.

 

Gender is mainstreamed into legal framework in accordance with international law.

In 2005, the Parliament Assembly of the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States adopted the Model Law “On State Guarantees of Equality of Rights and Opportunities for Men and Women.”

Although there are some law provisions prohibiting discrimination, they usually do not regulate gender discrimination separately.

General Victim and Witness Protection Law (enacted in 2004 and amended most recently in 2013) is in place.

The Russian Federation has no law guaranteeing equal opportunities for men and women in employment or education.

The Russian Federation has not enacted a comprehensive gender equality law, and “neither the Constitution [...] nor other appropriate legislation, contains a definition of discrimination or expressly prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex.

The Russian Federation has no comprehensive law, programmeor action plan to address domestic violence, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not updated its domestic violence information since 2008.

No provision in the Russian Criminal Code specifically addresses honour killings.

Russian law prohibits rape and sexual assault and contains no exceptions for rapes committed by spouses or relatives.

Currently domestic violence is not recognised as a separate offence by the Russian Criminal Code. The only applicable criminal provisions are those relating to bodily injuries or other crimes.

Gender perspectives in the Constitution:
Article 19:
- "All people are equal before the law and in the court of law";
- "The state guarantees the equality of rights and liberties regardless of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, property or employment status, residence, attitude to religion, convictions, membership of public associations or any other circumstance. Any restrictions of the rights of citizens on social, racial, national, linguistic or religious grounds are forbidden";
- "Man and woman have equal rights and liberties and equal opportunities for their pursuit".

Article 19:

Guarantees equality between women and men. However, the Russian Federation has not enacted a comprehensive gender equality law, and “neither the Constitution . . . nor other appropriate legislation, contains a definition of discrimination or expressly prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex.”

Article 20:
Requires the state to prosecute cases of private-public prosecution even if a victim withdraws her complaint, although prosecutors generally refuse to pursue an investigation or open a criminal case against the accused if the victim quickly recants.

Article 21:
- "No one may be subjected to torture, violence or any other harsh or humiliating treatment or punishment. No one may be subjected to medical, scientific or other experiments without his or her free consent".

Article 24:
- "It is forbidden to gather, store, use and disseminate information on the private life of any person without his/her consent".
- "The bodies of state authority and the bodies of local self-government and the officials thereof provide to each citizen access to any documents and materials directly affecting his/her rights and liberties unless otherwise stipulated under the law".

Article 34:
- "Everyone has the right to freely use his or her abilities and property 622 for entrepreneurial or any other economic activity not prohibited by the law".

Article 35:
- "Everyone has the right to have property in his or her ownership, to possess, use and manage it either individually or jointly with other persons".
- "No one may be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property unless on the basis of decision by a court of law. Property can be forcibly alienated for state needs only on condition of a preliminary and equal compensation".

Article 37:
- "Work is free. Everyone has the right to make free use of his or her abilities for work and to choose a type of activity and occupation".

Article 42:
- "Everyone has the right to a favorable environment, reliable information about its condition and to compensation for the damage caused to his or her health or property by ecological violations".

Article 45:
- "State protection for human rights and liberties in the Russian Federation is guaranteed".
- "Everyone has the right to defend his or her rights and liberties by any means not prohibited by the law".

Article 46:
- "Everyone is guaranteed protection of his or her rights and liberties in a court of law".

Article 47:
- "No one may be denied the right to having his or her case reviewed by the court and the judge under whose jurisdiction the given case falls under the law".
- "Anyone charged with a crime has the right to have his or her case reviewed by a court of law with the participation of jurors in cases stipulated by the federal law".

Article 51:
- "No one is obliged to give evidence against himself or herself, for his or her spouse and close relatives, the range of which are established by the federal law".

Article 62:
- "Possession of the citizenship of a foreign state by the citizen of the Russian Federation does not belittle his or her ranks and liberties or exempt him or her from the duties stemming from Russian citizenship unless otherwise stipulated by the federal law or international treaty of the Russian Federation".

Criminal Code:

Article 127.1:
- Punishes the purchase and sale or recruitment, transportation, transfer, or receipt of any person for the purpose of exploitation.

Article 127.2:
- Specifically prohibits “Slave Labour."

Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:
- Criminalizes rape, with harsher sentences for cases involving a juvenile victim, multiple rapists or the victim’s death.

Article 132:
- Punishes other forms of sexual assault under the title “Violent Actions of Sexual Character."

In the Russian Federation, since 2004, due to amendments to the Criminal Code, women prisoners no longer serve sentences in high-security regimes.

In the Russian Federation, federal legislation allows for mothers of children under the age of 14 and pregnant women who have been convicted of less serious offences to have their sentences deferred, shortened, or revoked. Female prisoners who are pregnant or who have young children and who are imprisoned for less serious offences may have their sentences deferred until their children have reached the age of 14.

In two mother and baby units out of the 13 existing in the Russian Federation, convicted women prisoners live in joint accommodation with their babies and may do so until the baby reaches the age of three (with some flexibility if the mother is due for release within a year). After this the child goes into the care of family members or the appropriate welfare authorities. However, upon release women who wish to be reunited with their children face barriers as they are required to prove that they can provide financial support and accommodation.

In the Russian Federation, the right to free legal aid is reinforced by the Constitution, but it is a well-known fact that the service is not as widely available as it ought to be

According to ANNA (key women's organisation), Russia has “no established system of assistance to victims.”

The Government of the Russian Federation does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Despite these efforts, the government did not over the last year: develop a comprehensive strategy that addresses all forms of trafficking and provides comprehensive victim assistance, nor did it establish a national level body responsible for coordinating government efforts to combat trafficking, and victim identification and assistance remained inadequate and diminished during the reporting period; therefore, the Russian Federation is placed on Tier 2 Watch List for the seventh consecutive year.

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of sexual violence exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective. 

A systemic approach to protecting against sexual violence does not exist at the government level.

In 2010, the CEDAW Committee urged the Russian Federation “to give priority attention to combating violence against women and girls and to adopting comprehensive measures to address such violence."

According to the National Centre for the Prevention of Violence, “the main obstacle to effective response to violence against women [in Russia] is the absence of a federal public policy that defines the problem as a serious impediment to the observance and achievement of women's rights as human rights."

Fourteen-thousand women die annually “at the hands of husbands or other relatives;”
Violence occurs in 25% of Russian families;
Nearly 65% of all homicides are related to domestic violence;
At least forty percent of “serious violent crimes” occur in the family.
As of December 2008, more than 200,000 domestic violence offenders were on file with Russian police.

Number of women's shelters: 16.

While veterans services for women veterans exist, the quality of service, outreach to engage female veterans in service access and utalisation, and the availability of gender-sensitive services at all locations are not fully effective.

Federal Law "On Veterans" (1995) states veterans are provided with the following social support:
- Pensions, allowances in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;
- Monthly payments;
- Provision of accommodation;
- Compensation for payment of premises and utilities costs;
- Health care and orthopedic care.

The Federal Law "On Veterans" is not gender sensitive, although it provides regulations on services and other rights awarded to military veterans, which would include women since the serve in the military alongside men in many areas.

All-Russian public organisation of veterans (pensioners) of war, labour, armed forces and law enforcement agencies:
- Protection of civil, social, economic, labour veterans and personal rights;
- Improving the material conditions, medical and consumer veterans services;
- Legal assistance to veterans and their families;
- Patriotic education of youth;
- Military-historical work.

To receive a pension and other State services as a "Veteran of labour", a person must have been a minor during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and have at least 40 years (for men) and 35 years (for women) of work experience.

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of sexual violence exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective.  

The following services exist, yet are drastically inadequate to meet national demands:

1 national 24 hour free women’s helpline;

16 shelters available for victims of domestic violence and for victims of trafficking housing 5 - 10 women survivors with their children (approximately 200 shelter places available in the whole country);

19 main crisis centres for women provide services such as hotline counselling, face-to-face counselling and self-help groups.

National Registry (Genome):
With regard to crimes against sexual inviolability and sexual freedom of the individual, in which genomic registration will be carried out regardless of their severity, the special place these crimes aside due to the fact that the efficiency of the utilisation of genetic surveys for their disclosure is greatest. It was proved that "the formation of the genetic characteristics database advisable to start, especially in cases of sexual offenses, in the presence of the material and technical conditions for extending its scope and covering other serious crimes against the person". This makes it possible in some cases to use a genetic database and when none of the genotypes in the database are to be forensic matches registration data entities received.

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of human trafficking exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective. 

Most financial support for anti-trafficking efforts are provided from international entities, and the vast majority or anti-human trafficking efforts are conducted by national NGOs (namely the Angel Coalition - who's website is currently unavailable). While anti-human trafficking services and resources do exist, they are inadequate to fully meet the needs of victims of human trafficking.

The Russian government demonstrated very limited efforts to protect and assist victims during the reporting period. The government also showed inadequate efforts to identify victims; the majority of assisted victims continued to be identified by NGOs or international organisations. Some municipalities across the Russian Federation had cooperation agreements between NGOs and local authorities to refer victims for assistance, though there was no national policy or system of victim referrals.In November 2009, the government failed to allocate funding to prevent the closure of the IOM-run shelter and rehabilitation centre in Moscow, creating a significant void in the availability of medical, rehabilitative, and reintegration services for trafficking victims. The Russian government continued to lack national policies and national programmes to provide specific assistance for trafficking victims. The majority of aid to NGOs and international organisations providing victim assistance continued to be funded by international donors. Some local governments reportedly provided in-kind and modest financial support to some anti-trafficking NGOs. A local government in the Russian Far East provided facility space and modest funding amounting to approximately $3,732 for utilities for a shelter for victims of domestic violence and trafficking that opened in February 2009, although the majority of the shelter’s operation costs were funded by a foreign donor during the reporting period. The shelter did not receive adequate funding during the entire reporting period to consistently assist victims of trafficking.

Many municipal trafficking shelters are actually domestic violence shelters and therefore are not equipped with the specific resources and knowledge to effectively address the needs to trafficking victims.

The Angel Coalition programmes and projects appear to be the main source for training on human trafficking in the Russian Federation, prevention, protection, and identification of trafficked persons.

The Angel Coalition operates international hotlines to provide immediate assistance to Russian-speaking trafficking victims. Skilled experts provide free 24-hour legal and psychological consultations for victims and their families, offer recommendations, and provide other necessary help including contacts with police trafficking task forces who can provide immediate rescue assistance in countries around the world. The hotline is toll-free and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Total population of refugees, stateless persons, IDPs, and asylum-seekers: 132,552.

Migrants who receive legal status in the Russian Federation are entitled to receive the same social and medical benefits as Russian nationals. They are resettled within the country according to regional quotas defined by the federal government, are limited in selecting places of residence, and have their travels inside the Russian Federation monitored by the authorities.

Persons recognised as refugees, including accompanying family members, are entitled to the following rights (via Federal Law No. 45-281 of Feb. 19, 1993 on Refugees):
- Information about their rights and responsibilities through translation services if required, including assistance with document processing;
- A travel allowance and baggage shipment to their assigned place of residence;
- Protection by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of temporary accommodation to ensure their safety;
- Food and public utilities in the centres of temporary accommodation;
- Access to housing paid from a special fund for temporary accommodation;
- Medical assistance in an amount equal to that received by Russian citizens;
- Vocational training and job placement assistance;
- Employment or the opportunity to establish their own business;
- Social protection and social security;
- Participation in public activities.