Today, on October 24, the Third Parliamentary Summit of the Crimea
Platform has started in Riga, Latvia, bringing together speakers from
more than 70 parliaments from around the world and international
organizations.
One of the goals of this year’s summit is to recognize the deportation
of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944 as genocide by different countries
of the world.
We remind that the CTRC experts are active participants of two working
groups of the Crimea Platform expert network: “Restoration of the
rights of indigenous peoples as a tool for the deoccupation of Crimea”
and ‘Economy and ecology’. In particular, Eskender Bariiev, Chairman
of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, member of
Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, coordinator of the working group
“Restoration of the rights of indigenous peoples as a tool for
the deoccupation of Crimea”, also joined the summit.
The CTRC’s information leaflets on the importance of recognizing the
1944 deportation as an act of genocide are also actively distributed
at the summit.
In the meantime, our team will continue to promote active and
consolidated work on the deoccupation of Crimea both at the national
and international levels.
Photo: Eskender Bariiev and Maria Mezentseva