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Individual V. State: Practice on Complaints with the United Nations Treaty Bodies with Regards to the Republic of Belarus
Individual v. State: Practice on complaints with the United Nations treaty bodies with regards to the Republic of Belarus Volume I Collection of articles and documents The present collection of articles and documents is published within the framework of “International Law in Advocacy” program by Human Rights House Network with support from the Human Rights House in Vilnius and Civil Rights Defenders (Sweden) 2012 UDC 341.231.14 +342.7 (476) BBK 67.412.1 +67.400.7 (4Bel) I60 Edited by Sergei Golubok Candidate of Law, Attorney of the St. Petersburg Bar Association, member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “International justice” I60 “Individual v. State: Practice on complaints with the United Nations treaty bodies with regards to the Republic of Belarus”. – Vilnius, 2012. – 206 pages. ISBN 978-609-95300-1-7. The present collection of articles “Individual v. State: Practice on complaints with the United Nations treaty bodies with regards to the Republic of Belarus” is the first part of the two-volume book, that is the fourth publication in the series about international law and national legal system of the republic of Belarus, implemented by experts and alumni of the Human Rights Houses Network‘s program “International Law in Advocacy” since 2007. The first volume of this publication contains original writings about the contents and practical aspects of international human rights law concepts directly related to the Institute of individual communications, and about the role of an individual in the imple- mentation of international legal obligations of the state. The second volume, expected to be published in 2013, will include original analyti- cal works on the admissibility of individual considerations and the Republic of Belarus’ compliance with the decisions (views) by treaty bodies. -
Subbuteo.No.10.Pdf
ПРАВИЛА ДЛЯ АВТОРОВ (Tomialojc 1990)», либо «по сообщению В.А.Лысенко (1988) и Л.Томялойца (Tomialojc, 1990), данный вид 1) В бюллетене «Subbuteo» публикуются статьи и встречает-ся на осеннем пролете в Украине и Поль- краткие сообщения по всем проблемам орнитологии, ше». материалы полевых исследований, а также обзорные работы. Принимаются рукописи объемом до 10 стра- в списке литературы: ниц машинописи. Работы более крупного объема мо- книги: Паевский В.А. Демография птиц. — Л., 1985. гут быть приняты к опубликованию при специальном- –285 с. согласовании с редакционной коллегией. статьи: Ивановский И.И. Прошлое, настоящее и бу- 2) Статьи объемом более 1 стр. машинописи при- дущее сапсана в Беларуси // Труды Зоол. музея БГУ, т. нимаются только в электронном варианте. 1,–Минск, 1995. –с. 295–301. 3) Статьи и заметки объемом до 1 стр. принимают- тезисы: Самусенко И.Э. Аистообразные — эталон- ся либо в электронном, либо в машинописном вари- но-индикационная группа птиц // Материалы 10-й антах. Текст должен быть напечатан на белой бумаге Всесоюзн. орнитол. конф., ч. 2, кн. 2. — Минск, 1991. стандартного формата А4 (21 х 30 см) через 2 интерва- –с. 197–198. ла, не более 60 знаков в строке и 30 строк на странице. Редакция оставляет за собой право редактирова- Статьи, сообщения и заметки в рукописном вари- ния рукописей. Корректура иногородним авторам не анте принимаются только в виде исключения от орни- высылается. Возможно возвращение рукописей на тологов-любителей, студентов и учащихся. доработку. 4) Текст работы должен быть оформлен в следую- В одном номере бюллетеня публикуется, как пра- щем порядке: вило, не более двух работ одного автора. Исключение заглавие (заглавными буквами того же шрифта, что может быть сделано для работ в соавторстве. -
The Upper Dnieper River Basin Management Plan (Draft)
This project is funded Ministry of Natural Resources The project is implemented by the European Union and Environmental Protection by a Consortium of the Republic of Belarus led by Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG Environmental Protection of International River Basins THE UPPER DNIEPER RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN (DRAFT) Prepared by Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources, Belarus With assistance of Republican Center on Hydrometeorology, Control of Radioactive Pollution and Monitoring of Environment, Belarus And with Republican Center on Analytical Control in the field of Environmental Protection, Belarus February 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS.........................................................................................................................4 1.1 Outline of EU WFD aims and how this is addressed with the upper Dnieper RBMP ..........6 1.2 General description of the upper Dnieper RBMP..................................................................6 CHAPTER 2 CHARACTERISTIC OF DNIEPER RIVER BASIN ON THE BELARUS TERRITORY.................................................................................................................................10 2.1 Brief characteristics of the upper Dnieper river basin ecoregion (territory of Belarus) ......10 2.2 Surface waters......................................................................................................................10 2.2.1 General description .......................................................................................................10 -
Яюm I C R O S O F T W O R
Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS 2004 ANNUAL REPORT Minsk 2005 C O N T E N T S INFRINGEMENTS OF FREEDOM OF MASS INFORMATION IN BELARUS IN 2004. REVIEW /2 STATISTICAL BACKGROUND /3 CHANGES IN THE LEGISLATION /5 INFRINGEMENTS OF RIGHTS OF MASS-MEDIA AND JOURNALISTS, CONFLICTS IN THE SPHERE OF MASS-MEDIA Criminal cases for publications in mass-media /13 Encroachments on journalists and media /16 Termination or suspension of mass-media by authorities /21 Detentions of journalists, summoning journalists to law enforcement bodies. Warnings of the Office of Public Prosecutor /29 Censorship. Interference in professional independence of editions /35 Infringements related to access to information (refusals in granting information, restrictive use of institute of accreditation) /40 The conflicts related to reception and dissemination of foreign information or activity of foreign mass-media /47 Economic policy in the sphere of mass-media /53 Restriction of the right on founding mass-media /57 Interference with production of mass-media /59 Hindrance to distribution of mass-media production /62 SENSATIONAL CASES The most significant litigations with participation of mass-media and journalists /70 Dmitry Zavadsky's case /79 Belarusian periodic printed editions mentioned in the monitoring /81 1 INFRINGEMENTS OF FREEDOM OF MASS INFORMATION IN BELARUS IN 2004. REVIEW The year 2004 for Belarus was the year of parliamentary elections and the referendum. As usual during significant political campaigns, the pressure on mass-media has increased in 2004. The deterioration of the media situation was not a temporary deviation after which everything usually comes back to normal, but represented strengthening of systematic and regular pressure upon mass- media, which continued after the election campaign. -
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84 823 65 Special thanks to the Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies for assistance in getting access to archival data. The author also expresses sincere thanks to the International Consortium "EuroBelarus" and the Belarusian Association of Journalists for information support in preparing this book. Photos by ByMedia.Net and from family albums. Aliaksandr Tamkovich Contemporary History in Faces / Aliaksandr Tamkovich. — 2014. — ... pages. The book contains political essays about people who are well known in Belarus and abroad and who had the most direct relevance to the contemporary history of Belarus over the last 15 to 20 years. The author not only recalls some biographical data but also analyses the role of each of them in the development of Belarus. And there is another very important point. The articles collected in this book were written at different times, so today some changes can be introduced to dates, facts and opinions but the author did not do this INTENTIONALLY. People are not less interested in what we thought yesterday than in what we think today. Information and Op-Ed Publication 84 823 © Aliaksandr Tamkovich, 2014 AUTHOR’S PROLOGUE Probably, it is already known to many of those who talked to the author "on tape" but I will reiterate this idea. I have two encyclopedias on my bookshelves. One was published before 1995 when many people were not in the position yet to take their place in the contemporary history of Belarus. The other one was made recently. The fi rst book was very modest and the second book was printed on classy coated paper and richly decorated with photos. -
Mass Media in Belarus
Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT Minsk 2017 CONTENTS SITUATION IN THE SPHERE OF MASS MEDIA IN 2016 (OVERVIEW) ……………….…………………………………………….....…. 3 CHANGES IN LEGISLATION …………………………………………… 5 VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS OF MASS MEDIA AND JOURNALISTS, CONFLICTS IN THE SPHERE OF MASS MEDIA ……………………………….................……...……....………………….. 8 Criminal cases ………………..…………………………………………………... 8 Other court cases (except for administrative prosecution) …….. 9 Detention of journalists, judicial administrative prosecution ….. 11 Physical attacks against journalists ……………………........................ 17 Seizure of equipment, damages, confiscation ………….……………. 19 Warnings of the Ministry of Information ………..……………………… 19 Restrictions on the free use of the Web ……………………………….. 20 Violations related to access to information ………….………………. 21 Violations during the elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus …................... 24 Economic policy in mass media field ………….…………………………. 25 Other forms of pressure and violation of rights of journalists and mass media ……………………………………………… 27 Mass-media in Belarus: 2016 SITUATION IN THE SPHERE OF MASS MEDIA IN 2016 (OVERVIEW) The main factor that influenced the media situation in Belarus in 2016 was the elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. They took place in September 2016 against the backdrop of a worsening economic situation and a complex foreign policy environment. The Belarusian authorities sought to receive a positive assessment of the elections by international bodies, and as the election campaign approached and during its course, direct repression of journalists decreased. However, at the system level, the situation has not changed for the better, and the legislation in the field of media regulation has only become tougher. This shows the situational nature and volatility of some positive changes in the media sector in 2016. -
Parish to "Lose Nothing" When Veteran Priest Expelled?
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one's belief or religion The right to join together and express one's belief This article was published by F18News on: 7 December 2007 BELARUS: Parish to "lose nothing" when veteran priest expelled? By Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service <http://www.forum18.org> A religious affairs official in the south-eastern region of Gomel is dismissive of the rights of the parishioners of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the town of Rechytsa. He claimed to Forum 18 News Service that they will "lose nothing" when their veteran parish priest, Polish citizen Fr Grzegorz Chudek, is forced to leave Belarus. The priest was ordered to leave by 1 December, but his visa has now been extended by two months. During this period he is "of course" not permitted to work in his parish, the official said. He repeatedly refused to tell Forum 18 how Fr Chudek had broken the law. "No one has told me if or when he might have to leave, let alone why," Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek told Forum 18. But Fr Chudek appears not to have had his annual visa renewed due to his description of social malaise in Belarus given to a Polish newspaper earlier in 2007. More than 700 local Catholics have appealed to President Aleksandr Lukashenko for the decision to be withdrawn. Foreign religious workers invited by local religious communities are under tight state control and need permission specifying where they will work. -
Wedding Rituals in the Belarusian Palesse 43
Wedding Rituals in the Belarusian Palesse 43 Wedding Rituals on the Territory of Belarusian Palesse Iryna Charniakevich Department of Humanities Hrodna State Medical University Grodno, Belarus Abstract The article traces the local peculiarities of historical and ethnographic distribution of wedding rites in Belarusian Palesse. It is based on the analysis of a wide range of published sources, archival materials, and unpublished ethnographic field studies. This work was conducted in the context of Belarusian regional studies and concerns only the Belarusian part of Palesse, the territory which was subject to Belarusian ethnic processes in the early twentieth century and, in the second half of the twentieth century, was included in Belarusian territory; it does not apply to the entire region, that is Russian Poles’e, Ukrainian Polisse, and Polish Polesie. The analyzed rituals include all three stages of an East Slavic wedding ceremony: before the wedding, the wedding itself, and after the wedding. The common features and local differences of West and East Palesse weddings are discussed. This article is a part of my research entitled “Historical and Ethnographic distribution of wedding rites in Belarusian Palesse.” It is based on the analysis of a wide range of published sources, archival materials, and unpublished ethnographic field studies, including my own. Most of the sources used in this paper are from the first half of the twentieth century. However, taking into account the relative stability of traditional culture (at least prior to recent modernization) the use of published sources from the second half of the XIX century seems possible in a study like this. -
Preliminary Monitoring of Human Rights Center “Viasna” Concerning Tortures and Facts of Other Kinds of Inhumane Treatment Towards Citizens of Belarus
REVIEW-CHRONICLE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BELARUS IN 2004 2 REVIEW-CHRONICLE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BELARUS IN 2004 PREAMBLE: CONCLUSIONS AND GENERALIZATIONS In 2004 the political situation in Belarus was distinguished by further worsening of the situation of human rights and the relations between the state and individuals. Regular and deliberate human rights violations became a necessary condition for the strengthening of the unlimited dictatorial power – infringements of human rights served as the funda¬ment for authoritarianism and were a favorable environment for the development of totalitarianism. One of the main factors that influenced the public and political situation in Belarus in 2004 was the Parliamentary election and the nationwide referendum concerning the possibility to prolong Aliaksandr Luka¬shenka’s presidential powers. The need for the liquidation of the cons¬ti¬tutional restriction of the number of possible presidential terms defined the state policy and influenced it in all circles of public life. This factor ma¬nifested in the sphere of human rights with the aggravation of the rep¬ressions against political opponents and prosecution of opposition-mindedness, enforcement of new discriminative legal acts, further limitation of the freedom of the press, violation of the liberty of peaceful assemblies and associations and other obstacles for the enjoyment of personal liberties by citizens of Belarus. Citizens of Belarus were deprived of the right to take part in the state government with the assistance of elected representatives. The election to the Chamber of Representatives wasn’t free and democratic. It was conducted according to the scenario that was prepared by the authorities in complete conformity with the “wishes” A. -
ANNEX J Exposures and Effects of the Chernobyl Accident
ANNEX J Exposures and effects of the Chernobyl accident CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION.................................................. 453 I. PHYSICALCONSEQUENCESOFTHEACCIDENT................... 454 A. THEACCIDENT........................................... 454 B. RELEASEOFRADIONUCLIDES ............................. 456 1. Estimation of radionuclide amounts released .................. 456 2. Physical and chemical properties of the radioactivematerialsreleased ............................. 457 C. GROUNDCONTAMINATION................................ 458 1. AreasoftheformerSovietUnion........................... 458 2. Remainderofnorthernandsouthernhemisphere............... 465 D. ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR OF DEPOSITEDRADIONUCLIDES .............................. 465 1. Terrestrialenvironment.................................. 465 2. Aquaticenvironment.................................... 466 E. SUMMARY............................................... 466 II. RADIATIONDOSESTOEXPOSEDPOPULATIONGROUPS ........... 467 A. WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT .................... 468 1. Emergencyworkers..................................... 468 2. Recoveryoperationworkers............................... 469 B. EVACUATEDPERSONS.................................... 472 1. Dosesfromexternalexposure ............................. 473 2. Dosesfrominternalexposure.............................. 474 3. Residualandavertedcollectivedoses........................ 474 C. INHABITANTS OF CONTAMINATED AREAS OFTHEFORMERSOVIETUNION............................ 475 1. Dosesfromexternalexposure -
The “Belarus Factor” from Balancing to Bridging Geopolitical Dividing Lines in Europe?
The “Belarus factor” From balancing to bridging geopolitical dividing lines in Europe? Clingendael Report Tony van der Togt The “Belarus factor” From balancing to bridging geopolitical dividing lines in Europe? Tony van der Togt Clingendael Report January 2017 January 2017 © Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’. Cover photo: The leaders of Belarus, Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine after signing the Minsk II agreement, February 2015. © In Terris Online Newspaper Unauthorized use of any materials violates copyright, trademark and / or other laws. Should a user download material from the website or any other source related to the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’, or the Clingendael Institute, for personal or non-commercial use, the user must retain all copyright, trademark or other similar notices contained in the original material or on any copies of this material. Material on the website of the Clingendael Institute may be reproduced or publicly displayed, distributed or used for any public and non-commercial purposes, but only by mentioning the Clingendael Institute as its source. Permission is required to use the logo of the Clingendael Institute. This can be obtained by contacting the Communication desk of the Clingendael Institute ([email protected]). The following web link activities are prohibited by the Clingendael Institute and may present trademark and copyright infringement issues: links that involve unauthorized use of our logo, framing, inline links, or metatags, as well as hyperlinks or a form of link disguising the URL. About the author Tony van der Togt is Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ in The Hague. -
SITUATION of HUMAN RIGHTS in BELARUS in 2014
Human Rights Centre “Viasna” SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS in BELARUS in 2014 REVIEW-CHRONICLE Minsk, 2015 SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS in 2014 REVIEW-CHRONICLE Author and compiler: Tatsiana Reviaka Editor and author of the foreword: Valiantsin Stefanovich The edition was prepared on the basis of reviews of human rights violations in Belarus published every month in 2014. Each of the monthly reviews includes an analysis of the most important events infl uencing the observance of human rights and outlines the most eloquent and characteristic facts of human rights abuses registered over the described period. The review was prepared on the basis of personal appeals of victims of human rights abuses and the facts which were either registered by human rights activists or reported by open informational sources. The book features photos from the archive of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, as well as from publications on the websites of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Belarus service, the Nasha Niva newspaper, tv.lrytas.lt, baj.by, gazetaby.com, and taken by Franak Viachorka and Siarhei Hudzilin. Human Rights Situation in 2014: Trends and Evaluation The situation of human rights during 2014 remained consistently poor with a tendency to deterioration at the end of the year. Human rights violations were of both systemic and systematic nature: basic civil and political rights were extremely restricted, there were no systemic changes in the fi eld of human rights (at the legislative level and (or) at the level of practices). The only positive development during the year was the early release of Ales Bialiatski, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna” and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights.