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NGO “Man and the Law” has received consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations! This is news of global scale and significance for our small republic! We are overflowing with joy and pride for the trust put in us!

At the moment, about 3,200 non-governmental organizations from all over the world have this high status with the Council. In the entire history of the work of the UN Economic and Social Council, which was established in 1945, the Republic of Mari El sounds here for the first time! “Special consultative status” is a huge responsibility and broad powers. It is provided to those few non-governmental organizations that, according to the UN Economic and Social Council, are sufficiently professional and can help it in its work.

The Council acts as a coordinating link through which the rest of the world carries out a partnership with the United Nations. It is a unique global platform for dialogue between politicians, parliamentarians, scientists, foundations, and organizations from around the world.

It took us about 5 years to prove this right. During all this time, we have provided a huge number of documents, answered many clarifying requests and questions from both the UN and the Russian Federation to confirm our qualifications and independence from sources of foreign funding.

Without exaggeration, we owe this status to the long-term work of Sergei Poduzov, who for several years worked as a consultant to the UN, representing our organization there.

Let’s tell you more about what the UN Economic and Social Council is, and what gives us the status of consultants to this body. The United Nations is the main international structure and it is more effective to interact with it through the UN Economic and Social Council. To put it in simple words, from this moment on, NGO “Man and Law” becomes the very vehicle through which the voice of human rights organizations from all over our country can be heard in the international arena.

From the moment of obtaining this status, the organization “Man and Law” gets the right to represent seven people who will receive an advisory right, and at the same time the right to attend meetings of the UN Economic and Social Council and its structural offices as observers, to send written statements and proposals to the governing bodies of the Council. They will also be able to consult with the UN Secretariat on various issues of mutual interest.

One of the main tasks of the Council is to develop recommendations on creating conditions for universal respect and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of race, gender, language and religion. Our organization has been serving the same goals for the past 23 years on the territory of the Republic of Mari El.

The decision to award NGO “Man and Law” a special consultative status was made on 7 December, 2022.

It is noteworthy that on 9 December, the Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Mari El initiated an unscheduled inspection in our organization. Perhaps our new status has opened up not only new opportunities for interaction with international organizations, but also the next stage of persecution. The organization’s team, aware of this challenge, is ready to continue its work, since now we have become the voice of a significant part of the human rights community and people in Russia.

NGO “Man and Law” received international accreditation!

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