Svetlana Alexejewna Gannushkina

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Svetlana Gannushkina, 2009

Swetlana Alexejewna Gannushkina ( Russian Светлана Алексеевна Ганнушкина , scientific transliteration Svetlana Alekseevna Gannuschkina , English transcription Svetlana Gannushkina ; born March 6, 1942 in Moscow ) is a Russian human rights mathematician and human rights mathematician . She is the head of the refugee aid organization Citizen Support ( Гражданское содействие ) and the “Migration and Law” network ( Миграция и Право ). In 2016 she received the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize).

biography

Svetlana Gannuschkina is married and has a daughter and a son. In 1965 she finished her mathematics studies at the Lomonosov University in Moscow . From 1968 to 1969 she worked at the University of Chemical Engineering in Moscow. From 1970 to 2000 she was a mathematics professor at the University of History and Archiving (currently Moscow University of Humanities ).

Political commitment

Swetlana Gannuschkina has been campaigning for refugees and displaced persons since the end of the 1980s, when the dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in significant influx of refugees. In 1990, together with other committed citizens, she founded the civil support organization , the first human rights organization in the Soviet Union to offer a wide range of support specifically to refugees and displaced persons. They are offered legal assistance and help with dealing with authorities. The refugee aid organization also offers medical and psychological help, as well as help with finding work.

Since 1994, Gannushkina paid particular attention to the systematic violations of human rights in Chechnya , from where people fled to other parts of Russia.

In 1996 she founded the network of legal advice centers for refugees and displaced persons “Migration and Law” ( Миграция и право ) at the legal center of the human rights organization “ Memorial ”. Lawyers from all over Russia are united in this network.

From 2002 to 2012 she was a member of the Commission on Human Rights of the President of the Russian Federation . Svetlana Gannushkina worked with members of the Russian Duma , particularly on laws affecting refugee rights.

On her initiative, residents of Chechnya have been receiving medical help since 2004 in collaboration with Caritas in France ( Secours catholique - Caritas France ). The project is financially supported by the EU Commission.

In 2010 she signed the "Putin must go" petition. Swetlana Gannuschkina has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, most recently in 2011. She is also one of 1000 women who ran for this prize as part of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 project .

In 2016, she ran for Yabloko in the Duma elections on the Chechnya regional list , as Yabloko is currently the only party that can effectively oppose the government.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • with Alexandra Cavelius: We are Russia too , Europa Verlag, Berlin / Munich 2015. ISBN 978-3-95890-005-9
  • О положении жителей Чечни в Российской Федерации: октябрь 2007 г.-апрель 2009 г. (Russian). Memorial Publishing House, Moscow 2009. On the situation of residents of Chechnya in the Russian Federation: Oct. 2007-Apr. 2009 (English edition). Verlag Memorial, Moscow 2009. (German. On the situation of the population of Chechnya in the Russian Federation. Oct. 2007 – Apr. 2009 )
  • О положении жителей Чечни в Российской Федерации: июнь 2003 г.-май 2004 г. (Russian). Memorial Publishing House, Moscow 2005. On the situation of residents of Chechnya in the Russian Federation. June 2003-May 2004 (English edition). Memorial Publishing House, Moscow 2005. (Ger. On the situation of the population of Chechnya in the Russian Federation: June 2003 – May 2004 )
  • Strategies to address discrimination against migrants. Statement (English). Office of the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva 2003. (German strategies to address discrimination against migrants )
  • with Bernhard Clasen and Günter Widemann: After fleeing Chechnya. Russia, on the situation of people who fled Chechnya , Human Rights Center Memorial / Network Migration and Law, Moscow 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ганнушкина Светлана Алексеевна: Биография ( Memento from January 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Миграция и право website (Russian)
  3. ↑ About the work of "Migration and Law" (Russian)
  4. ↑ 1000 PeaceWomen Worldwide. Svetlana Gannushkina. Retrieved April 8, 2018 . , German digital version of 1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe , series: Contrast Book, Verlag Scalo, Zurich 2005
  5. ↑ Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award ( English ) clovekvtisni.cz. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ Prize to Svetlana Gannuschkina (Russian)
  7. ↑ "Schwarzkopf Europe Prize 2014 is awarded to Russian human rights activist" , schwarzkopf-stiftung.de, December 4, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Gannushkina, Svetlana Alexejewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ганнушкина, Светлана Алексеевна (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian mathematician and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow