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Human rights activists sent to the Human Rights Committee (HRC) an interim report  on the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of the recommendations of the Committee, set out

The BHC sent information to the Special Rapporteur on the situation with human rights in Belarus on the adoption by the House of Representatives in the first reading of the draft Law “On Amending Codes on Criminal Liability”. The draft law proposes to amend the sanction of part 2 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code, providing for the possibility of imposing the death penalty

On October 18, 2022, the Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross Society (BORC), doctor Dzmitry Shautsou, spoke on the STV channel about gender identity and sexual orientation. His comment contained discriminatory and stigmatizing theses, in particular, that "non-traditional relationships between the sexes" are a "mental illness" that "needs to be treated."

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Human Constanta and the international NGO of digital rights Access Now addressed the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, and the Special Rapporteur on Belarus – regarding the new decree (No. 368)  introduced by Aleksandr

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has sent information to the UN Special Rapporteurs on torture, on freedom of expression and opinion, on the right to health, on the right to privacy and on the human rights situation in Belarus a

This means that now BHC, and through us other Belarusian civil society organizations that protect human rights, have an easier way of communicating with the UN. Having this status, non-governmental organizations are given a number of opportunities: to cooperate more closely with the ECOSOC and its bodies, the right to participate in international events and conferences held

Alternative Civil Society Reports

We prepared an alternative report on the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of Goal 16 “Peace, justice and effective institutions” of the 2030 Agenda and presented it in New York as part of the UN High-level Political Forum taking place there these days - a platform coordinating the implementation of the SDGs at the international level. Within the framework of the

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee is constantly communicating with the relevant UN Special Rapporteurs for the protection of Belarusian lawyers. On this page, we collect all information about the work done by human rights defenders in this regard.   20 June, 2022

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee informed the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus about numerous cases of prosecution of lawyers in Belarus. In particular, the UN special procedures were informed about the detention of Alexander Danilevich, who was arrested on May 20 and is still

The expert mission of observation of the 2022 referendum was carried out by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center “Viasna” within the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”.