Background:

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus was established in 2012 by the Human Rights Council’s resolution 20/13 and has since then been renewed annually. The Council’s resolution 53/19, adopted on 13 July 2023, requests the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session (September 2024). The upcoming report will be the last report presented by Ms. Anaïs Marin in her capacity as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, a position she has occupied since 1 November 2018.

Key questions and types of input sought:

The Special Rapporteur invites all interested stakeholders to provide input on the following questions:

1. Qualitative and statistical data on the evolution of Belarus’s engagement on human rights-related issues with the United Nations and regional organizations (the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe);
2. The impact of recommendations issued by United Nations and regional mechanisms, bodies and mandates on the human rights situation in Belarus;
3. Cases of reprisals faced for cooperation with the international human rights system on issues related to human rights in Belarus;
4. The value and limitations of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur and other constituents of the international human rights system as regards the human rights situation in Belarus.