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Consultation on the implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan: experts’ opinions
Minsk hosted another round of expert consultations on National Human Rights Action Plan, organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Office in Belarus.
The winners of the National Human Rights Prize were awarded in Minsk
On December 8, Belarusian human rights community solemnly awarded the winners of the ninth National Human Rights Prize in three categories: “The human rights defender of the year”, “The journalist of the year” and “The campaign/initiative of the year”. The ceremony was held in the Minsk book store “Lohvinau”.
The UN adopted a resolution on the role of human rights defenders. Belarus overlooked the document
Belarus is not among the 75 countries that clearly stated the need to protect human rights defenders. By doing this, the Belarusian authorities have witnessed their true position towards the human rights community, thinks Ales Bialiatski, head of the HRC “Viasna”.
Alternative report on violations of Roma rights in Belarus sent to UN
Human rights defenders have submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination an alternative report on the implementation by the Republic of Belarus of the corresponding UN Convention. The report’s authors concluded that the Roma in Belarus are subject to discrimination, particularly in employment, resulting in exclusion, extreme poverty, and criminalization of the part of country’s Roma population.
Haraszti: Belarus returned this year to mass oppression of those who protested against its policies
On 26 October, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus Miklós Haraszti presented his report on the human rights situation in the country at the 72th session of the UN General Assembly in New York (USA).
Belarusian Human Rights Defenders’ Forum
Some 140 representatives of 29 independent Belarusian human rights organisations gather in Vilnius, for the fourth Belarusian Human Rights Defenders’ Forum.
Belarusian HRH joined the code of ethics of the Belarusian human rights defenders
On 10 October the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House joined the “Principles on human rights work in Belarus”
Lawyer Hanna Bakhtsina challenged decision of the Ministry of Justice to deprive her of the license
Lawyer Hanna Bakhtsina appealed the decision of the Ministry of Justice of Belarus to deprive her of the lawyer’s license.
Tatsiana Reviaka presented the human rights situation in Belarus at the OSCE conference
From 11 to 22 September the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting was held in Warsaw to review the implementation of commitments of OSCE participating states. The president of the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House Tatsiana Reviaka took part in one of the side events, dedicated to the acute problems related to the work of human rights defenders in the post-Soviet region.