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Belarus

Status of Ratifications
Reporting Status
Standing invitation to Special Procedures
(No invitation extended)
Commission on Human Rights Resolutions, Decisions
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

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Belarus and UN Charter-based Bodies

Belarus and UN Treaty Bodies

Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

Special Procedures
Country-specific procedure

Country visits by Special Procedures

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/75/173)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/HRC/44/55)

Situation of human rights in Belarus - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/HRC/41/52)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/HRC/35/40)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/71/394)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/HRC/32/48)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/HRC/29/43)

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2020) CRC/C/BLR/CO/5-6

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2018) CCPR/C/BLR/CO/5

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2018) CAT/C/BLR/CO/5

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2017) CERD/C/BLR/CO/20-23

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2016) CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/8

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations (2013) E/C.12/BLR/CO/4-6

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Concluding observations (2011) CRC/C/OPAC/BLR/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
Concluding observations (2011) CRC/C/OPSC/BLR/CO/1

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OHCHR in Belarus

The Senior Human Rights Adviser works with the UN Country Team (UNCT) to integrate human rights into its programmes and activities; provides technical advice to national institutions; supports national level cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms and conducts human rights capacity-building for a range of governmental and non-governmental actors. More about OHCHR in Belarus.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Europe and Central Asia Section
Email: ecasection@ohchr.org

In the Field

OHCHR Human Rights Adviser
Address: Kirova 17,
220050 Minsk, Belarus
Tel: + 375173277971

Feature stories

Reporting on Belarus to a special meeting of the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner details a range of serious concerns
04-12-2020

Intensifying cycles of violence in Belarus call for reforms and dialogue
18-09-2020

Voices from the Field, Belarus: Defending the rights of the vulnerable in the face of the pandemic
19-06-2020

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