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UN Human Rights Report 2019 UN Human Rights Report 2019
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Belarus and UN Charter-based Bodies

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Special Procedures
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

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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