News on the topic: UN Human Rights Committee
11.09.2014 Enforced disappearances of the political opponents of the authority
Individual Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review was prepared by the human rights organization "Belarusian Documentation Center" within the framework of preparation of the alternative report of Belarusian NGOs. These documents on the Republic of Belarus will be considered at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in May-June 2015.
03.09.2014 UN HRC Finds Belarus State Violated Journalist's Right to Information
The UN Human Rights Committee at the 111th session concluded that the Belarusian Government, by denying accreditation in Parliament to a journalist of Narodnaya Volya, violated the journalist's right to seek, receive and impart information.
28.08.2014 Belarus violated right to peaceful assembly against UCP activist in Homel, says UN Human Rights Committee
The UN Human Rights Committee has said that the Belarusian authorities violated the right of the deputy chairman of the United Civil Party (UCP) Vasil Paliakou to peaceful assembly, by banning in September 2008 a mass event aimed to urge citizens not to take part in the parliamentary elections, which took place on September 28, 2008.
21.08.2014 Former candidate complains to UN about absence of justice
Mikalai Novikau, activist of the United Civil Party and former candidate for the Homel Regional Council, has not been able to sue the JSC “Palesdruk”, which refused to print his campaign flyers during the last local elections. The UCP activist is now seeking to protect his rights in the UN Human Rights Committee, where he has submitted a personal complaint.
19.08.2014 Homel activist supplements complaint to UN Human Rights Committee with new facts
Coordinator of the youth network of the independent trade union of radio-electronic industry Andrei Stryzhak complained to the UN Human Rights Committee against a ban imposed by officials in Rechytsa on a peaceful assembly that was scheduled for September 8, 2013 and was expected to protest against the decision of the Belarusian government to abolish sick leave payments for parents raising children.
05.08.2014 Individual communication on behalf of Eduard Lobau filed to UN Human Rights Committee
This was reported to Human Rights Center “Viasna” by the head of Belarusian DocumentationCenter Raisa Mikhailouskaya.
23.07.2014 UCP activist in Hrodna submits complaint to UN Human Rights Committee
On July 22, Yezhy Hryhencha, Chairman of the Hrodna city office of the United Civil Party, sent a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee. The activist believes that his right to peaceful assembly violated by a decision of the Leninski District Court of Hrodna, whose Judge Alena Piatrova fined him for active participation in a mass event.
16.07.2014 Kalinkavichy activist Dzianis Rabianok to complain to UN Human Rights Committee against unfair justice
Dzianis Rabianok, an activist of the United Civil Party from the town of Kalinkavichy, has been unable to find justice for more than a year and a half. Recently, he received a response to his complaint from the Supreme Court, which upheld the decision of the district court of Kalinkavichy.
26.06.2014 Consideration of Belarus’ report by UN Human Rights Committee scheduled for March 2015
A periodic report of Belarus on the human rights situation in the country was to be presented to the UN Human Rights Committee on November 7, 2001, but was eventually submitted with a 10-year delay on December 15, 2011. The country’s latest periodic report was considered back in 1997, therefore, the report highlights issues of compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Belarus for the period from November 1997 to March 2015. The report has been prepared and submitted in accordance with Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
25.06.2014 UN Human Rights Committee registers another complaint from Belarus
The UN Human Rights Committee has registered a complaint by a resident of the village of Buyany, Vitsebsk region, Leanid Zdrestau. The activist had to appeal to the international body for protection after the authorities did not authorize his picket, and all the courts where he was trying to appeal the ban, from the Kastrychnitski District Court of Vitsebsk to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus – sided with the authorities.
25.06.2014 Belarus: “Rights defender Ales Bialiatski released, but other political prisoners remain in jail” – UN expert
GENEVA (24 June 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, welcomed the release from prison of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, but called for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners and their full rehabilitation.
19.06.2014 Another complaint submitted to UN Human Rights Committee
Uladzimir Shyla, an opposition activist from the town of Salihorsk, has submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee to appeal against a ban on a Human Rights Day imposed by the executive officials back in December 2013.
18.06.2014 UN Human Rights Committee to consider complaint by Hrodna defender Viktar Sazonau
The UN Human Rights Committee admitted to consideration a complaint by Viktar Sazonau, a human rights defender from Hrodna, Radio Racyja reports.
13.06.2014 The authors of individual communication filed to the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of Ales Bialiatski, addressed the Human Rights Committee with an open letter
Authors of individual communication submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of Ales Bialiatski, President of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), addressed the Human Rights Committee with an open letter. Antoine Bernard, Director-General of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Natallia Pinchuk, the wife of the political prisoner Ales Bialiatski, urge the Committee to speed up consideration of the communication that was filed two years ago.
21.05.2014 UN Human Rights Committee rules against government in Zhlobin oppositionist’s case
On March 28, the UN Human Rights Committee said that the Belarusian authorities violated the right of a member of the Zhlobin office of the Belarusian Left Party “Fair World” Uladzimir Kirsanau to freedom of peaceful assembly by prohibiting him in 2008 to hold a picket in Zhlobin in order to attract public attention to problems faced by the country’s political parties and public associations.
