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Death penalty in Belarus: the positions of the president and the ISHR (Belarus)

2021-11-26T10:48:58+01:0022. Juli 2017|

Belarus today is the only country in Europe where the death penalty exists. From 1990 to the present, more than 400 people have been sentenced and only one of them has been replaced by a sentence of imprisonment. At the referendum on November 24, 1996, 17.93% of voters expressed their opinion on the abolition of the death penalty, while 80.44% opposed them. The President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the plenary session of the 26th annual session of the [...]

Results of the meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Minsk

2021-11-26T10:49:01+01:0014. Juli 2017|

From July 5 to July 9, a summer session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Minsk attended by about 300 deputies from 57 countries. As a result of the discussions, resolutions and a declaration were adopted. The declaration formulates recommendations for national governments, parliaments and the international community to respond to the pressing challenges and threats facing them. Thus, parliamentarians noted with concern the existing security challenges throughout the OSCE area, including threats to cybersecurity, terrorism, protracted conflicts and a [...]

Belarus MFA commented to the extension of the mandate of the special rapporteur on human rights

2021-11-26T10:49:07+01:004. Juli 2017|

The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus says that the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of a resolution on the mandate extension of the special rapporteur on human rights in Belarus for a year is a sign of double standards. I think that getting acquainted with the statement will be useful for readers of the site. I. Kotlyar, Professor, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian section of the ISHR The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus [...]

Institut des Bürgerbeauftraften der Republik Weißrussland: Stellungnahme der weißrussischen Sektion der IGFM

2021-11-26T10:49:08+01:003. Juli 2017|

Institut des Bürgerbeauftraften der Republik Weißrussland: Stellungnahme der weißrussischen Sektion der IGFM In Weißrussland gibt es momentan keinen Bürgerbeauftragten, der für den Schutz der Menschenrechte unabdingbar ist. Der erste Versuch, eine solche Institution in Weißrussland zu etablieren, wurde 1996 unternommen. Damals entstand der Entwurf des Gesetzes für einen ‟Beauftragten für Menschenrechte in der Republik Belarus”. Er wurde in der ersten Lesung des Repräsentantenhauses der Nationalversammlung von Weißrussland angenommen. Der Ausschuss für Menschenrechte und nationale Beziehungen sowie für eine Reform der Legislative [...]

Round table of representatives of public organizations on the implementation of socio-economic rights was held in Brest, Belarus

2021-11-26T10:49:32+01:0031. Mai 2017|

A round table of representatives of public organizations on the implementation of socio-economic rights was held on 26 May, 2017 in the city Brest. The meeting was organized by the Brest regional group of the Belarusian section of the ISHR. (translate) Types of human rights and fundamental freedoms Economic rights | Social rights

“Human rights and education of the person” republican seminar was held by the ISHR (Belarus)

2021-11-26T10:49:51+01:0023. April 2017|

The republican scientific seminar for high school lecturers was held following the initiative of Professor Kotlyar I.I., the chairman of the board of the Belarusian section of the ISHR on 24 march 2017 in Brest (Belarus). Professor Kotlyar I.I. was also the chairman of the seminar’s organizing and executing committee. The theme of the seminar was “Human rights and education of the person”. The speaking of Professor Kotlyar I.I. The seminar was held in Brest State University named [...]

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