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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights launched a new guide for civil society on how to follow up HR recommendations. It may offer good examples on how to increase the efficiency and visibility of international procedures and standarts at the national level.

Last week, the Supreme Court heard the case of Łukasz Kasprowicz, a blogger charged with insulting on his blog the mayor of Mosina, Zofia Springer. The case has been pending for four years now. In January this year, the Circuit Court acquitted the blogger. However, the mayor of Mosina filed a cassation complaint with the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment, remanding the case for retrial.

Belarus is the last in Press Freedom Index among the countries of the “Eastern Partnership” program of the European Union. Due to the continuous occurrence of disturbing signals about situation with mass media the International Observation Mission sent a special representative to Belarus.

X.Y. and Z.W. submitted a petition to the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament arguing that Poland violated their rights as European Union citizens. Petitioners noted that Poland’s refusal to enter in the Polish register of births, deaths and marriages the information about them concluding a civil partnership abroad had violated their right to a family life and free movement of persons.

Беларусь — апошняя ў Індэксе свабоды прэсы сярод краінаў «Усходняга партнерства» Еўразвязу. Праз пастаяннае з’яўленне трывожных сігналаў у галіне СМІ ў Беларусі была прызначана адмысловы Прадстаўнік Міжнароднай азіральнай місіі.

Last week in Geneva, the Polish Government provided explanations to the UN Committee Against Torture regarding the periodic report on the implementation of the Convention against Torture. Wojciech Wegrzyn, Under-secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice led the Polish ten-member delegation.

The Constitutional Tribunal held on 29 October 2013 that internal regulations of guarded centres for foreigners which govern body searches were contrary to the Polish Constitution. The constitutional review was launched at the request of the Human Rights Defender.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation with human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, said that Belarus has to guarantee a series of human rights in order to give effect to the right to elect and to be elected.

Спецыяльны дакладчык ААН па пытанні аб становішчы ў галіне правоў чалавека ў Беларусі Міклаш Харасці зазначыў, што Беларусь павінна гарантаваць шэраг правоў чалавека для ажыццяўлення права абіраць і быць абраным.