last updated September 14, 2004

GENDER EQUALITY

• The Constitution of the Russian Federation (Russian)
• Labor Code (Russian)
• The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Russian)
• Conception of gender policy of the Federation of independent trade unions of Russia, 2002 (Russian full text)
• Conception of legislative activities aimed at securing of equal rights and equal opportunities for men and women, 1997 (Russian full text)
• Decree No 337 on Priority Tasks of the State policy with regard to women, 1993

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Russian, Articles 111-115, 116)
• Approximate regulations about crisis center for women's support. Ministry of Labor and Social Development of Russian Federation, 1997 (Russian)

SEXUAL ASSAULT

•  The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Russian, Article 131,132)

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Russian, Article 133)

TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN

• Federal Law No. 162-FZ amending Criminal Code (Articles 127, 240-242)
• Federal law against Trafficking in Persons and Measures to Protect Victims of Trafficking (draft) (Russian)

NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION

• Concept for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Russian Federation
• Reply to the 1998 Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (PDF, 21 pages)
• Reply to the Questionnaire of the U.N. Secretariat on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action Adopted by the Fourth World Conference on the Status of Women (Beijing, 1995), and the Final Documents of the 23rd Session of the U.N. General Assembly (New York, 2000) (PDF, 24 pages) (Russian) (PDF, 25 pages)