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Home page  About CSIS Programs Human Rights and Security Initiative The North Caucasus
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The North Caucasus
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Photo of children in Chechnya by Yaser Oststerkhanov, a 12 year-old orphan: "In my photos I tried to tell the adults that we, the children of Chechnya, need protection and care."
© UNICEF workshop/Yaser Osterkhanov/2006
Recently Released: November 18, 2008 Violence in Russia’s North Caucasus is on the rise. Since January 2004, CSIS has tracked, almost daily, violent incidents occurring in the North Caucasus. This report, a visual representation of the trends in violence, draws on our database. In particular, the report illustrates the rise in incidents over summer 2008.
The full report and database can be viewed here.
Please check back in late January for an updated version of this report covering violence through December 2008.
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About:
Instability has spread beyond Chechnya to other areas of the North Caucasus. The risk of full-blown war in the region has heightened, and human rights abuses – committed by both terrorists and Russian officials – have only increased. Yet despite the continuing violence, the region’s growing volatility, and the destabilizing war in neighboring Georgia, the international community has done little to address the situation at hand. In effort to broaden international attention to and understanding of this issue, Dr. Sarah Mendelson has launched a series of regional projects within CSIS’s Human Rights and Security Initiative.
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Contact Information
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| Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington DC, 20006 | Tel: 202-887-0200 | Fax: 202-775-3199 |
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