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The Mother's Right Foundation (Interregional Charitable Public Foundation ‘Pravo Materi’) is a Russian, non-profit, non-government human rights organization which works to protect the rights of families whose sons died in military service as a result of hazing, criminal actions, unsanitary living conditions, unhealthy psychological environment, etc.〔)>〕 According to the information of human rights activists, 3,000 people die annually while performing military service in the Russian army, and in many cases parents of dead soldiers do not receive any support from the government.〔)>〕 The organization was established in 1989 under the original name ‘Association of Parents Whose Sons Died in the Army on the USSR Territory during Peacetime’. The foundation was granted an official registration by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 4, 1993, and then was re-registered by the Moscow Justice Department on June 16, 1999. The founder and the current leader of the organization is Veronika Marchenko, the first Russian woman to receive the International Women of Courage Award (2009).〔)>〕 "The story of the establishment and development of the Mother’s Right Foundation is unique …. At the same time this story reflects the evolution of the human rights movement and, moreover, the evolution of the entire ‘third sector’ in Russia during the 1990s." ::: — Columbia Law School. ''Pursuing the Public Interest''. New York. 2001; ::: Yurist. ''Pursuing the Public Interest. '' Moscow. 2004. Annually over 3,000 families of dead soldiers contact the foundation with requests for help,〔)>〕 as ‘very often parents are the only people who want to ensure a fair investigation into the deaths of soldiers’.〔)>〕 The foundation was established as a professional charitable organization, and the foundation’s lawyers work pro bono (lat., free of charge, for public good) providing support to parents of dead soldiers. In 2007, there were 396 articles published about the foundation by the independent media.〔)>(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mright.hro.org/node/225 )〕 == Objectives and Tasks == The mission of the organization is to facilitate the promotion of the following concepts in Russia: # The idea of the rule-of-law state, where the needs of citizens have become a real priority of the state; # Access to legal aid for those in need; # Professionalization of the armed forces.〔)>〕 The objective of the organization’s work is: The foundation’s lawyers work to facilitate effective investigation of all cases that involve deaths of conscripts during military service and realization of their parents’ right to fair trial. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mother's Right Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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