ADC Memorial jointly with partners provided the Rapporteur of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism with analytical materials on the violations of the rights of women, children, foreigners, and other human rights challenges in Belarus related to the protests against the falsified…
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ADC Memorial jointly with partners provided the Rapporteur of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism with analytical materials on the violations of the rights of women, children, foreigners, and other human rights challenges in Belarus related to the protests against the falsified…
42 rights groups: Belarus authorities must stop persecuting civil society and engage in dialogue
(Minsk, Paris) 7 October 2020 Belarus’ presidential election – marred by an unprecedented level of falsifications and leading to mass protests – has been followed by brutal, ongoing repression of human rights by the authorities. Belarusian human rights groups are…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination sent an official request to the government of Belarus regarding the measures aimed at guarantees of the rights of Roma minority following the massive arrests of Roma in Mahileu and other…
On September 1, 2020, UN human rights experts, including Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Special Rapporteur on…
How can human rights survive and thrive in the 21st century? Which mechanisms can we create to make states and large corporations respect the fundamental rights of citizens? What can global civil society do today? International Partnership for Human Rights…
On 9 August 2020, at the day of presidential elections and preceding days of early voting, the Belarusian authorities seriously violated Elections code and international standards: prevented the independent observers from presence at the polling stations, manipulated turnout, created obstacles…
This summer in Russia and Belarus has been marked not just by the epidemic, but also by repressions against people advocating for a change in government. The leaders of both countries have flouted essential protective measures to reduce the number…
ADC Memorial, Human Constanta and Our House, welcoming the dialogue between the European Union and Belarus in the sphere of migration, are concerned that the newly approved Agreement on readmission gives rise to new risks to Human Rights. On 13…
Lawyers of the Office for the rights of persons with disabilities (Belarus) with the support of the Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” in April 2020 won the ruling of the court of second instance in a case concerning removal of a child…