The authorities put restrictions on the implementation of the basic political and civil rights such as Freedom of Assembly and the right to participate in governing the country.
On the whole, the situation with the human rights can be described as “difficult and stable”."Our biggest concern is that the government voluntarily made a number of human rights commitments within the framework of the United Nations and the OSCE and now openly ignores them," said Valiantsin Stefanovich, deputy chairman of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna”, in the interview to BelaPAN on December, 10 on the occasion of International Human Rights Day.
Aleh Hulak, chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, echoed Stefanovich's remarks, noting that the Belarusan government had recently refused to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Committee.
Unfortunately, the medical term "difficult and stable" is applicable to the situation in Belarus, Aleh Hulak said. "Nothing changes for the better," he explained. "Our authorities keep people in prison for political reasons and violate civil and political freedoms."
Nevertheless, human rights defenders will continue to do their work, stressed the chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee. On December 10, across Belarus events were held so that to express solidarity with political prisoners and inform the Belarusan public about human rights abuses, he said. "People write letters to prisoners of conscience, watch movies on human rights and so on," - Hulak said. "In Vitsiebsk, as far as I know, there is an open-air lecture about human rights."
The events in Minsk include a human rights conference and the presentation of awards to the winners of the titles "Human Rights Defender of Year 2012," "Lawyer of Year 2012" and "Journalist of Year 2012" and to the authors of the best handmade souvenirs dedicated to International Human Rights Day.
The Belarus Committee of ICOMOS announces the collection of cases on the effectiveness of the State List of Historical and Cultural Values as a tool of the safeguarding the cultural monuments.
On March 27-28, the Belarus ICOMOS and the EuroBelarus held an online expert workshop on expanding opportunities for community participation in the governance of historical and cultural heritage.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.
"Specificity is different, but the priority is general." In Valożyn, a local strategy for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed.
The campaign "Agenda 50" was summed up in Ščučyn, and a local action plan for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed there.
The regional center has become the second city in Belarus where the local plan for the implementation of the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed.
Representatives of the campaign “Agenda 50” from five pilot cities discussed achievements in creating local agendas for implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
It is noteworthy that out of the five pilot cities, Stoubcy was the last to join the campaign “Agenda 50”, but the first one to complete the preparation of the local agenda.
On May 28, the city hosted a presentation of the results of the project "Equal to Equal" which was dedicated to monitoring the barrier-free environment in the city.
On March 3, members of the campaign "Agenda 50" from different Belarusian cities met in Minsk. The campaign is aimed at the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
In Stolin, social organizations and local authorities are implementing a project aimed at independent living of persons with disabilities, and creating local agenda for the district.
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.
In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.