UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Belarus

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UN News Centre – Belarus
https://news.un.org/en/tags/belarus

UN Entities

 

Human Rights Council

 

Selected UN Documents

  • A/HRC/61/57 (6 February 2026): Situation of human rights in Belarus: report of the Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/61/57
  • A/HRC/59/59 (22 April 2025): Report of human rights in Belarus: report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/59/59
  • A/HRC/RES/58/19: Situation of human rights in Belarus: resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 3 April 2025: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/58/19
  • A/HRC/58/68 (7 February 2025): Report of the Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/58/68
    Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 55/27. Annexes (p. 20-27): 1. [Map]: Belarus: Detention facilities where human rights violations were committed from 20 May 2020 to 31 December 2024 — 2. Correspondence with Belarus. Annexes in English only.
  • A/HRC/56/65 (9 March 2024): Situation of human rights in Belarus: report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/56/65
    Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 53/19; covers the period 1 Apr. 2023 to 31 Mar. 2024.
  • A/HRC/RES/55/27: Situation of human rights in Belarus: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 4 April 2024: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/55/27
  • A/HRC/55/61 (25 March 2024): ​Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/55/61
  • A/HRC/RES/53/19: Situation of human rights in Belarus: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 13 July 2023: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/53/19
  • A/HRC/53/53 (3 May 2023): Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/53/53
    Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 50/20; covers the period 1 Apr. 2022 to 31 Mar. 2023.
  • A/HRC/RES/52/29: Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 4 April 2023: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/52/29
  • A/HRC/53/26/Add.2 (18 March 2023): Visit to Belarus: report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, Felipe González Morales: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/53/26/Add.2
    Visit to Belarus from 16 to 20 July 2022. Summary issued in all official languages; annexed report in English and Russian only.
  • A/HRC/52/68 (3 February 2023): Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath : report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/52/68
    Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 49/26. Annexes (p. 17-20): 1. Note verbale of 23 August 2022 from OHCHR to Belarus — 2. Note verbale of 11 November 2022 from OHCHR to Belarus. Annexes in English only.
  • A/HRC/RES/50/20: Situation of human rights in Belarus : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 8 July 2022: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/50/20
  • A/HRC/50/58 (24 May 2022): Situation of human rights in Belarus : report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/50/58
    Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/19; covers the period 1 Apr. 2021 to 31 Mar. 2022.
  • A/HRC/49/71 (4 March 2022): Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/49/71
  • A/HRC/RES/47/19: Situation of human rights in Belarus: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 13 July 2021: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/47/19
  • A/HRC/47/49 (4 May 2021): Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/47/49
  • A/HRC/RES/46/20: Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath: Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2021: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/46/20
  • A/HRC/46/4 (15 February 2021): Situation of human rights in Belarus in the context of the 2020 presidential election: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/46/4
  • A/HRC/RES/45/1: Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 18 September 2020: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/45/1
  • S/2020/900 (14 September 2020): Letter dated 14 September 2020 from the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council: https://docs.un.org/S/2020/900
    Transmits summary of the Arria-formula meeting of the Security Council on the theme “Human rights in Belarus”, held on 4 Sept. 2020.
  • A/74/995-S/2020/820 (21 August 2020): Letter dated 18 August 2020 from the representatives of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General: https://docs.un.org/A/74/995
    Transmits joint declaration dated 13 Aug. 2020 on the situation in Belarus.
  • A/HRC/RES/44/19: Situation of human rights in Belarus : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 17 July 2020: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/RES/44/19
  • A/HRC/44/55 (8 April 2020): Situation of human rights in Belarus: report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus: https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/44/55
    Submitted by Special Rapporteur Anaïs Marin pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 41/22. Covers the period 1 Apr. 2019 to 31 Mar. 2020.
  • Further documents – click here
  • UN Member States on the Record: Belarus
    https://www.un.org/en/library/unms
    United Nations Member States on the Record provides access to selected documents reflecting the views of United Nations Member States.

 

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6 February 2026
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