{"id":45369,"date":"2023-01-17T20:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-calls-on-guterres-to-react-to-belarus-withdrawal-from-rights-protocol\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-calls-on-guterres-to-react-to-belarus-withdrawal-from-rights-protocol","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45369\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja calls on Guterres to react to Belarus\u2019 withdrawal from rights protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 17, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has called on UN Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to respond to Belarus\u2019 withdrawal from the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), her shadow cabinet\u2019s press office reports.<\/p>\n<p> Cichano\u016dskaja suggested using \u201cadditional mechanisms to publicly report and investigate human rights violations, restore the rights of victims and bring perpetrators to justice\u201d as well as introducing \u201cnew measures to adequately address the current human rights crisis in Belarus\u201d if required.<\/p>\n<p> According to Cichano\u016dskaja, the withdrawal \u201cin no way exempts Belarus from its existing obligations under the ICCPR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis step by&nbsp;the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime aims at depriving Belarusians of probably the last mechanism of applying for international protection, as stipulated in Article 61 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. The step deliberately and sharply cuts Belarusians from international law,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> She added that she was ready to cooperate with the UN\u2019s special rapporteur on Belarus and its human rights commissioner.<\/p>\n<p> Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka signed a law denouncing the 1966 protocol last year, presumably to deprive mistreated victims of human rights violations of the opportunity to file complaints with the UN.<\/p>\n<p>Siarhiej Ra\u010dko\u016d, a member of the upper house of the Belarusian National Assembly, said that the move was in response to&nbsp;the UN Human Rights Committee \u201cexpanding its powers in an arbitrary manner\u201d and creating baseless obligations for Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal is to&nbsp;take effect&nbsp;on February 8, three months after the UN Secretary General has received the respective notice from the Belarusian government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 17, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has called on UN Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to respond to Belarus\u2019 withdrawal from the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), her shadow cabinet\u2019s press office reports. Cichano\u016dskaja suggested using \u201cadditional mechanisms to publicly report and investigate human rights violations, restore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45369","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cichano\u016dskaja calls on Guterres to react to Belarus\u2019 withdrawal from rights protocol | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 17, BPN. 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