News on the topic: UN
26.09.2024 "Suppression of dissent." Independent experts on the human rights situation in Belarus spoke at the UN
What did independent experts, the delegation of Belarus, human rights defenders say, and which positions did different states ultimately support?
24.09.2024 "Let the victims — political prisoners in Belarus — speak out"
The participants of the event at the UN Human Rights Council invited the international community to continue the discussion with leading civil society organizations, listen to their needs, and find ways to administer justice.
06.09.2024 "There are at least 16 political prisoners with disabilities behind bars." The alternative report to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities met with the Belarusian civil society, in particular with those people who prepared an alternative report on Belarus.
29.08.2024 Viasna appealed to the UN Working Group on the political prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for solidarity
Viasna sent a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention against 64-year-old political prisoner Iryna Takarchuk, who was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
15.08.2024 The UN Committee recognized violations of the rights of 13 people by the Belarusian state
The complaints were prepared by the victims and their representatives before the denunciation of the Optional Protocol by the Belarusian state entered into force.
31.07.2024 "The number of appeals will show the real level of persecution in the country." We recall what decisions the UN Working Group has taken since 2020
Together with Sviatlana Halauniova, a Viasna lawyer, we recall the cases of political prisoners which the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has taken decisions on since 2020.
19.07.2024 UN finds Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski’s detention in Belarus violates international law, demands his immediate and unconditional release
Also the UN Working Group urged to accord the human rights defender an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law.
05.07.2024 HRC56: Belarus attacks on human rights and civil society in exile
Human Rights House Foundation statement
05.07.2024 Belarus is not safe for anyone critical of authorities, warns rights expert
Citizens and civil society critical of the Belarussian authorities face worsening repression, arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and harassment, a UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday.
02.07.2024 Belarus: Call for release of older political prisoners
On July 2, 2024, UN experts* urged the Belarusian authorities to pardon or remit the sentence of all imprisoned older persons jailed on political charges.
28.06.2024 The UN Committee against Torture will provide the results of a confidential investigation into Belarus
One of the initiators of this investigation was Viasna Human Rights Center in September 2020.
05.06.2024 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin
Situation of human rights in Belarus.
18.04.2024 The right to life was violated. The UN Human Rights Committee responded to the Belarusian authorities on Berazhny and Hershankou executed in 2018
Among the violations, the committee found a violation of the right to a fair trial, noted that no one can be arbitrarily deprived of life, and demanded that the Belarusian authorities pay appropriate compensation to the mothers of the punished.
05.04.2024 UN Human Rights Council extended the mandate of the special rapporteur on Belarus and created a body to investigate human rights violations
On April 4, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
18.03.2024 INGOs urge Human Rights Council Member States to support Belarus mechanisms
Human Rights House Foundation and several international and Belarusian civil society organisations urged Human Rights Council Member States to support the renewal of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus and to take forward the work of the OHCHR Examination on Belarus.
