REPORT • UN • HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN RUSSIA

on September 22th, 2025

The 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council is still going on. Today, Mariana Katsarova, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, presented her third report on the human rights situation in Russia since the start of the war.

These reports are one of the few ways to let the international community know about the changes happening in Russia. «Connection e.V.», together with a Russian coalition of human rights organizations working to assist conscientious objectors, submitted all of its materials for 2024 to the Special Rapporteur back in February.

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EVENT • NEW EUROPEAN ASYLUM SYSTEM

CONSEQUENCES FOR REFUGEES

WHEN?
September 26th, Friday
19:00

WHERE?
City Library, Bücherturm
Herrnstr. 84
63065 Offenbach am Main

In May 2024, the European Parliament decided to reform the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). There are fears that this will lead to further dramatic cuts in the fundamental and human rights of refugees. In the evening, Hannah Sommer, an employee of the «Munich Refugee Council», will explain the planned changes and outline what this means in concrete terms for refugees.

ORGANIZED BY
Friends of Nature Offenbach
pax christi — Offenbach am Main
Connection e.V.
Public Library — Offenbach am Main
German Peace Society — United Conscientious Objectors

 (an event as part of Intercultural Week)