News on the topic: UN
14.10.2020 HRDs voice priority recommendations to Belarusian authorities within UPR procedure
On October 12, an online pre-session was held for UN Human Rights Council delegations as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedure. The session featured submissions from a number of Belarusian non-governmental human rights organizations.
25.09.2020 UN human rights experts: Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava
UN human rights experts today called on Belarus to release prominent opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, and to bring to justice those responsible for her enforced disappearance.
19.09.2020 Human Rights Council adopts resolution on situation of human rights in Belarus
UN HRC Calls Upon the Belarusian Authorities to Enter into a Dialogue with the Political Opposition
18.09.2020 Human Rights Council holds urgent debate on the situation of human rights in Belarus
The Human Rights Council this morning held an urgent debate on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
18.09.2020 Amnesty International: UN Human Rights Council must take strong action on escalating human rights crisis in the country
In response to the escalating human rights crisis in Belarus, Amnesty International will address the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 18 September and demand that it takes strong and decisive action to investigate the ongoing repression of post-election protests in the country and hold perpetrators of mass violations to account.
16.09.2020 Human rights activists insist mass torture in Belarus is crime against humanity
On September 16, FIDH Vice President and Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin Stefanovic took part in an online press conference entitled “Belarus: Torture as a Targeted State Policy” and organized by the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the Human Rights Center "Viasna". During the conference, several victims of torture were able to tell their stories.
15.09.2020 HRW: OSCE, UN Human Rights Council Inquiries Needed in Belarus Torture Reports
Belarusian security forces arbitrarily detained thousands of people and systematically subjected hundreds to torture and other ill- treatment in the days following the August 9, 2020 presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today.
14.09.2020 UN Rights Council To Host Urgent Debate On Belarus Violence
The UN Human Rights Council agreed Monday to host an urgent debate about the deteriorating rights situation in Belarus since protests erupted over Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election as president last month.
12.09.2020 EU seeks urgent debate on Belarus at UN rights body
“The ongoing deterioration of the human rights situation in Belarus in relation to the 2020 presidential election needs the urgent attention of the Human Rights Council,” Germany’s Ambassador to the United Nations Michael von Ungern-Sternberg wrote to the Geneva-based council.
12.09.2020 UN chief deeply concerned over use of force against peaceful protesters in Belarus
Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday expressed deep concern over the continued use of force against peaceful protestors in Belarus and detention of those exercising their legitimate democratic rights.
08.09.2020 BHC alerts UN to Kalesnikava’s forced disappearance
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has sent a message to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on the situation with the abduction of Maryia Kalesnikava, one of the leaders of the opposition Coordination Council.
05.09.2020 "We acknowledge a deep crisis of human rights in Belarus"
Statement by Valiantsin Stefanovic, vice-chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", at a UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus
04.09.2020 47 victims complain to UN Committee against Torture
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee have appealed to the UN Committee against Torture on behalf of 47 victims of police-related violence, urging the Committee to investigate the systematic use of torture in Belarus in early August 2020.
04.09.2020 UN committee hails role of women in political process and protests
Reports of violence against women in Belarus, including sexual abuse and rape, received by UN human rights experts, are deeply concerning, the UN women’s rights committee said on Thursday. The Committee also underlined how women voices are not marginal, but central in political processes.
03.09.2020 Estonia holds a discussion on human rights in Belarus at the UN Security Council
On Friday 4 September, on the initiative of Estonia and backed by other UN member states, an Arria-formula meeting is held at the UN Security Council to discuss human rights.
