The IAPB is a consortium of Belarusian and international NGOs that collects, consolidates, verifies, and preserves evidence of gross human rights violations allegedly committed in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath.
International Accountability Platform for Belarus
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The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome report of the 4th Universal Periodic Review of Belarus during its 61st session.
The Human Rights Council also voted to extend the mandate of the Group of Independent Experts and Special Rapporteur on Belarus for one year
International Accountability Platform for Belarus
Even beyond Belarus' borders, President Lukashenko has explicitly threatened those living in exile in his public statements and media interviews.
On 12 March, the UN‑mandated Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus presented its latest findings to the Human Rights Council. 🧵
📢We’ve updated our “Paths to Accountability” report.
The updated version reflects key recent developments, including the opening of the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the situation in Lithuania/ Belarus.
Read it here: iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
The encroachment on civil society has continued unabated. At least 1,220 civil society organisations are estimated to have been liquidated between 2021 and the end of 2025.
Read the Group of Independent Experts' report to learn more: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/61/57
UN experts have expressed grave concern over reports of torture, suicide attempts, deaths in custody, and reprisals against detainees in Belarus.
Urgent action is needed to protect detainees and prevent further violations in Belarusian detention facilities.
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Their report paints a stark picture of ongoing human rights violations in Belarus. Detainees continue to face ill-treatment and torture, and at least eight deaths in detention since Mat 2020 are believed to stem from authorities' failure to protect life.
Under article 411 of the Criminal Code, authorities have been enabled to initiate new criminal proceedings prior to the completion of an individual's sentence, resulting in serious ambiguity over the duration of imprisonment and causing severe psychological pain.
Retaliatory prosecution, convictions, disbarment and the revocation of the licences of lawyers representing opposition or anti-government figures has continued, affecting an ever diminishing number of legal professionals in Belarus
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over allegations of prolonged incommunicado detention and detention conditions at a Navapolatsk Correctional Colony in Belarus.“Information we have r...
