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ACCC/C/2014/102 Belarus

Case status: Findings adopted on 18.06.2017 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: Suspended upon the Party concerned’s withdrawal from the Convention, which entered into effect on 24 October 2022; see Decision VII/8c, Decision VI/8c.
Topics: Protection of environmental defenders.
Articles alleged: 3 (8).
Articles considered by the Committee: 1; 3 (8).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 3 (8).
Summary: On 24 April 2014, “Ecohome”, an environmental non-governmental organization, submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging the failure by Belarus to comply with its obligations under article 3 (8) of the Convention with respect to the alleged harassment of environmental activists.

Document Status   Date received or
posted by the secretariat
Preliminary determination of admissibility
Communication
Annex 1: Decision of Minsk City Court, August 3, 2012, rejecting appeal on arrest of T. Novikava RUS ENG
Annex 2: Decision of Central Rayon Minsk City Court of July 18, 2012, arresting M. Matskevich for 3 days RUS ENG
Annex 3: Decision of Central Rayon Minsk City Court of July 18, 2012, imposing fine on I. Sukhiy RUS ENG
Annex 4: Notice by Moskovkiy Police Department in Minsk of July 28, 2012, imposing 10 year entrance ban on A. Ozharovkiy RUS ENG
Annex 5: Decision of Moskovkiy Rayon Minsk city Court of July 18,2012, arresting A. Ozharovkiyfor 10 days RUS ENG
Annex 6: Complaint by T. Novikava to the police on the condition of arrest (August 26, 2012) and decision rejecting allegations of inhuman conditions (September 13, 2012) RUS ENG
Annex 7: Decision of Grodno Oblast Court, October 16, 2009, rejecting A. Ozharovkiy's appeal against arrest decision of October 9, 2009 RUS ENG
Annex 8: Decision of the Vice Minister of Information of Belarus of November 9, 2009, closing administrative case against A. Ozharovskiy for distribution of periodic printed materials RUS ENG 
Annex 9: Banners and posters, which police prevented from using on April 26, 2013 RUS ENG
From the communicant 22.04.2014
Letter forwarding to the Party concerned From the secretariat 19.02.2015
Letter to the communicant From the secretariat 19.02.2015
Response to the communication RUS ENG
Annexes
From the Party concerned 20.07.2015 (dated 17.07.2015)
Invitation to the Party concerned and the communicant to attend hearing at the Committee's 50th meeting  From the secretariat 01.09.2015

Opening statement for Committee's hearing at its 50th meeting RUS ENG

From the Party concerned 07.10.2015
Opening statement for Committee's hearing at its 50th meeting RUS ENG  From the communicant 07.10.2015
Questions from the Compliance Committee to the Party concerned From the secretariat 14.11.2016

Reply to the Committee's questions ENG RUS

Annex 1: Letters of competent authorities and extract of Code of Administrative Offences ENG and RUS
Annex 2: Law "On the fight against terrorism" RUS

From the Party concerned 03.02.2017
Letter requesting factual clarifications from the communicant From the secretariat 08.05.2017
Factual clarification From the communicant 11.05.2017
Comments on the factual clarification RUS ENG From the Party concerned 18.05.2017
Draft findings and letters to the Party concerned and communicant inviting their comments From the secretariat 26.05.2017
Comments on the draft findings From the communicant 13.06.2017
Comments on the draft findings From the Party concerned 15.06.2017
Findings ENG FRE RUS   18.06.2017