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Observation is carried out by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections". The observation campaign involves 29 long-term observers. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - one of the ways to nominate candidates for local councils is the nomination by collecting signatures and the registration

Observation is carried out by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections". The observation campaign involves 29 long-term observers. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On December 12, 2017 Minsk hosted expert consultations titled “National Human Rights Action Plan: Current Implementation and Prospects” organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Office in Belarus. Representatives of state bodies and non-governmental organizations (including representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee), as well as

As part of the 94th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva, the report of the Republic of Belarus on the implementation of the commitments under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was considered. Civil society has also outlined their vision. The report prepared with the participation of BHC

Observation is carried out by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections". The observation campaign involves 29 long-term observers.   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On November 24, 2017, the regular expanded meeting of the working group of the National Council of Belarus on exploring the issue of death penalty as a tool of punishment used in the Republic of Belarus took place in the House of Representatives under the leadership of A. Naumovich. We recall that 2 more such thematic meetings took place on September 13 and March 23.

□ on 12 February 2016, a decision of the Central Election Commission established an interdepartmental expert working group tasked to review the OSCE ODIHR recommendations following the observation of the 2015 presidential election with a view to improve the electoral process in Belarus.

Following the official announcement of local elections, “Human Rights Defenders For Free Elections” have launched a campaign to monitor the vote set for February 18.

Resolution of the 4th Belarusian Human Rights Forum On situation of human rights in Belarus We, the participants of the IV Belarusian Human Rights Forum, representatives of the national human rights community of Belarus, working both inside the country and forcedly abroad, point out to the following:

This document presents a set of professional and ethical principles determining the requirements for human rights defenders and their professional activities. It is based on the ethical criteria and traditions of human rights work in Belarus, as well as on the international standards and rules for human rights activities.

This document presents a set of professional and ethical principles determining the requirements for human rights defenders and their professional activities. It is based on the ethical criteria and traditions of human rights work in Belarus, as well as on the international standards and rules for human rights activities.

Representatives of Belarussian Helsinki Committee Aleh Hulak and Dzmitry Charnych have taken part in expert consultations on «Reporting in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: the fifth periodic report of the Republic of Belarus». The consultations were organized upon the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Country Team

The Code of Criminal Procedure will be elaborated with an article which maintaines witness's right to counsel. Now this right is maintained only in the Constitution of Belarus and is being ignored often. In spring 2015 Belarusian Helsinki Committee appealed (text in Russian) to The Constitutional Court to eliminate a legal gap and enshrine the criminal cases witness’s right to