Summary This report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 52/29, presents the examination of the human rights situation in Belarus since May 2020. The report addresses alleged human...
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UNHCR Belarus Factsheet, February 2024
Access to asylum: UNHCR and partners advocate for people seeking international protection to have access to the territory and to the asylum procedure, as well as for fair decision-making on asylum...
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Belarus: Two years of response to the acute humanitarian crisis at EU’s eastern borders
Since summer 2021, thousands of people have travelled to Belarus with the aim of crossing into Latvia, Lithuania or Poland in search of peace and safety in the European Union (EU). The Belarusian...
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UNHCR Belarus Factsheet, September 2023
Access to asylum: UNHCR and NGO partners focus on ensuring unhindered access to territory, refugee status determination procedures and fair decision-making on asylum applications. Protection...
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UNICEF support to Ukrainian refugee children and families in Belarus
Statement attributable to UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office GENEVA, 23 February 2024 – “In 2022, UNICEF partnered with the Belarus Red Cross and others to provide critical support to...
Belarus: UN experts concerned about new law on freedom of conscience and religious organisations [EN/RU]
UN experts* today expressed grave concern about recent amendments to Belarusian legislation on freedom of conscience and the activities of religious organisations, which appear to contravene Belarus’...
Belarus: Dozens of relatives of people imprisoned for political reasons detained in alarming new crackdown
Reacting to reports that Belarusian authorities detained several dozen individuals over the past two days, predominantly relatives of those imprisoned on political grounds, Marie Struthers, Amnesty...
Belarus: Crackdown Amid Growing Information Vacuum [EN/RU/BY]
Politically Motivated Repression; Attacks on Critics in Exile (Vilnius, January 11, 2024) – Belarusian authorities carried out a widespread and systematic crackdown on dissent and on the spread of...
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Regional Protection Profiling & Monitoring Factsheet - Profiles, Needs & Intentions of Refugees from Ukraine (December 2023)
To strengthen and promote an evidence-based protection response, UNHCR and its partners in Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania and...
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Belarus: Protection Profiling & Monitoring Factsheet. Protection Risks and Needs of Refugees from Ukraine (October 16, 2023)
To strengthen and promote an evidence-based protection response, UNHCR and its partner in Belarus have been implementing a Protection Profiling and Monitoring exercise to regularly collect and...
Belarus misuses counter-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation to stifle dissent: UN expert
NEW YORK (26 October 2023) -- The Belarusian authorities are misusing counter-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation to further purge civic space, suppress freedom of expression and eradicate...
Informe de la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Belarús, Anaïs Marin (A/78/327)
Septuagésimo octavo período de sesiones Tema 73 c) del programa provisional Promoción y protección de los derechos humanos: situaciones de los derechos humanos e informes de relatores y...
Rapport de la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la situation des droits de l’homme au Bélarus, Anaïs Marin (A/78/327)
Soixante-dix-huitième session Situation des droits de l’homme au Bélarus Note du Secrétaire général Le Secrétaire général a l’honneur de transmettre à l’Assemblée générale le rapport de la...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin (A/78/327) [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
Seventy-eighth session Item 73 (c) of the provisional agenda Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Situation of...
Statement on the situation of human rights in Belarus
DELIVERED BY United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif AT Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in Belarus, 54th session of the Human Rights Council ...
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Inter-Agency Operational Update Ukraine Situation - Belarus - 1 April - 30 June 2023
All border crossing points between Ukraine and Belarus have remained closed on the Ukraine side since April 2022. Refugees displaced from Ukraine continue to arrive in Belarus through Poland, Latvia,...
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Belarus and Neighbouring Countries - Europe Region: Population Movement Emergency Appeal No. MGR65001, Final Report
SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the situation The migration situation related to Belarus and neighbouring countries started in May 2021 with an increasing number of migrants irregularly entering...
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Belarus - Surveys with Migrants: Needs, Intentions & Protection Challenges (March-April 2023) [EN/RU]
This report focuses on migrants in heightened vulnerable situations present on the territory of Belarus, besides Ukrainian refugees and is based on 202 surveys conducted between March and April 2023. ...
Belarus: Human rights situation still catastrophic, UN expert says
GENEVA (5 July 2023) – The human rights situation in Belarus has deteriorated steadily as repression reached unprecedented levels in 2020, a UN expert warned today. “I am particularly concerned about...
Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Prevention of Genocide and Starts Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus
Council Hears Presentation of Thematic Reports Under Agenda Item Three on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right...