Assembly of NGOs and Lawtrend monitored freedom of association and status of NPOs in Belarus

The survey covers the period of July 1 — September 30, 2014.

The aim of Monitoring “Freedom of association and the status of non-profit organizations in Belarus for the second quarter 2014” is to reveal short-term tendencies in the sphere of human rights, social, political and economic situation in Belarus.

According to the authors of the survey –the Assembly of NGOs and Legal Transformation Center “Lawtrend” – no important legal changes concerning NGO status were introduced during the Monitoring period.

The Monitoring contains the list of newly registered NGOs. During the monitoring period, 28 civil associations, 6 foundations and 13 private institutions were registered. However, a number of organizations and initiatives were declined registration. The threat of criminal liability for the activities of unregistered organizations is named among continuing trends.

You can download the full survey in English here.

Let us recall that earlier this year Assembly of NGOs and Lawtrend presented an alternative report to the UN Human Rights Council “Freedom of associations and legal conditions for civil society organizations (CSOs) in Belarus”. The report analyzes situation of the past 5 years, pointing out at the negative policy the state pursues towards the civil society.