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Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy. September — December'25
The overview of human rights trends for September–December 2025 has been published, together with a short annual presentation summarising the situation for the whole of 2025 (available in Russian only).
Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy: May — August'25
A review of the key trends in public policy on human rights for May–August 2025 has been published.
In brief: control over various aspects of private life and self-expression is tightening.
Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy: January— April'25
A review of Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy: January—April 2025 has been published.
Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy. September — December'24
The overview of the trends for September–December 2024 (in English) has been published, along with the short presentation on the situation for the entire year (unfortunately, this presentation is available only in Russian).
Online event. BHC presents the review of trends in public policy in the field of human rights - 2024
2024 appears to mark the end of a five‐year period of a new phase in Belarusian society that began in 2020. The peak of repressive policy at the legislative level was reached in 2023. In 2024, the state was “digesting” previous measures and even went into a second round, introducing new changes to already repressive legal provisions.
We will discuss these and other trends of 2024 on Thursday, February 20, 2025:
Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy, May–August 2024
A review of Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy, May–August 2024, has been published.. We would like to remind you that BHC prepares these reviews every four months.
About the Review of Trends
This review will highlight the substantive changes in Belarusian public policy in the field of human rights and reactions to it of the international community in three areas:
Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy. January — April'24
Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy. January — June'23.
Belarusian Helsinki Committee published a review "Human Rights in Belarus: Key Trends in Public Policy. January — June'23".
This review highlights the substantive changes in Belarusian public policy in the field of human rights and reactions to it of the international community in three areas:
Права человека в Беларуси: основные тренды государственной политики. Январь — июнь'23.
В этом обзоре мы освещаем наиболее значимые изменения в беларусской государственной политике в области прав человека и реакциях на нее со стороны международного сообщества по трем направлениям:
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общие меры: системные вещи — законодательство, стратегии, политики, в целом определяющие условия и предпосылки реализации прав человека в стране;
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правоприменительная практика: конкретные нарушения гражданских и политических, социальных, экономических и культурных прав;







