Call to action: Begin taking concrete steps to overcome the national crisis and use the amnesty as an opportunity to release individuals who have peacefully expressed civil dissent.
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has submitted information to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus regarding systematic violations of labour rights. The document highlights the worsening situation regarding the right to work since 2020, as the state's repressive policies increasingly affect the enjoyment of socio-economic rights as
In their report, the coalition of Belarusian NGOs presented the overall human rights situation in the country and offered recommendations that could be usefully addressed to the Belarusian authorities within the framework of the UPR process.
The review was prepared by a coalition of Belarusian human rights organizations participating in the UPR process since its first cycle.
A coalition of Belarusian NGOs has submitted a joint report on Belarus’s fulfillment of its human rights obligations under the fourth cycle of the UPR. The report was prepared by: Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers Belarusian Association of Journalists Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions Belarusian Helsinki Committee
This Communication demonstrates that the Belarusian authorities created an atmosphere of fear, terror and persecution to “cleanse” the population of “disloyal” individuals, forcing up to 6,4% of the Belarusian population as of 2020 to flee the country.
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The overview of the trends for September–December 2024 (in English) has been published, along with the short presentation on the situation for the entire year (unfortunately, this presentation is available only in Russian).
2024 appears to mark the end of a five‐year period of a new phase in Belarusian society that began in 2020. The peak of repressive policy at the legislative level was reached in 2023. In 2024, the state was “digesting” previous measures and even went into a second round, introducing new changes to already repressive legal provisions. We will discuss these and other trends of
The 90th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will begin on February 3. On February 6, the Committee will review the report by the Belarusian authorities on their implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Belarus ranks high in the global SDG Index, but there is a major “BUT”
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