This document is developed by the OSCE and includes the basic standards and guarantees in the implementation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. Continue reading »

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Today human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka appealed to the UN Committee on Human Rights with an individual complaint. Continue reading »

Tags: "Sudalenka vs. Belarus", CCPR, CCPR/C/112/D/2114/2011, Gomel, Homiel, Leanid Sudalenka, UN Human Rights Committee

Through the appeal to the UN Committee on Human Rights (UNCHR) Vitsebsk member of the Conservative Christian Party BNF Jan Dziarzhautsau managed to defend his rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Continue reading »

Tags: art. 19 (2) of the ICCPR, CCPR, CCPR/C/115/D/2076/2011, Jan Derzhavtsev v. Belarus, No. 2076/2011

The United Nations on their site presented a convenient for any audience and a very illustrative descriptive material (booklet) on the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which, including the visual form, provides information on all the treaty bodies in the field of human rights and United Nations Human Rights Committee as well.
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Tags: current contacts, OHCHR tutorial, UN, UN treaty bodies in the field of human rights, useful links

Alaksiej Łapicki, Žodzina

That is the latest example – the UN Human Rights Committee has registered a complaint of Vital Lapasau, activist from Hrodna. At first glance it is an ordinary complaint. Several dozens complaints of Belarusians have been registered and considered by the UN HRC recently. However, it should be noted that this is the first complaint of the kind from Hrodna region which was filed with the methodological support of Homel human rights defenders. Continue reading »

This publication is designed on the example of analysis of situations connected with criminal and administrative prosecution of persons who participated in the unsanctioned picketing on December 19, 2010 in Minsk, Belarus.
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Tags: experts of international law, Help with appeals to the UN Human Rights Committee

Belarusians were actually deprived of the free legal information bank, which was previously available to everyone on the Internet. Continue reading »

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International low of Human Rights ...

A new periodical devoted to human rights appeared in Belarus. This is a theoretical and practical and informational journal. It is considered that this journal would be interesting for many of those who work with this issue and take interest in international law of human rights, issues of implementation of corresponding international standards of law into national legislation and judicial practice. Continue reading »

This compilation of materials was prepared in August-September 2009 by a group of NGOs for conveyance to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in conjunction with the preparation of the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Belarus’ fulfillment of its international human rights obligations. Continue reading »