{"id":52796,"date":"2023-12-01T23:42:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=52796"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-fails-to-fulfill-223-un-rights-mechanism-recommendations-activists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/52796\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk fails to fulfill 223 UN rights mechanism recommendations \u2013 activists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/imagine-simbol-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/imagine-simbol-1.png 705w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/imagine-simbol-1-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Nokta.md)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Minsk is implementing only a minor portion of the recommendations of the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review, a mechanism that allows countries to submit and receive feedback on human rights across the UN membership.<br><br>A report on Minsk&#8217;s implementation of the recommendations was prepared by a coalition of Belarusian human rights organizations and released by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee.<br><br>According to the report, the government received 266 recommendations in 2020, and accepted 155 of them for implementation by 2025.<br><br>The human rights groups only evaluated 252 items, as they did not have full information on 14.<br><br>Of these, &#8220;two are being implemented by the state, one is to be implemented, 26 are being partially implemented, and 223 are not being implemented,&#8221; they said.<br><br>For example, Minsk has evaded the recommendation to &#8220;implement legislation and policies necessary for the abolition of the death penalty.&#8221; On the contrary, the government has taken steps to &#8220;legislatively expand the scope of the death penalty.&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;Belarus also received a recommendation to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but the changes made to its Constitution as a result of the 2022 referendum indicate rejection of the nuclear-weapon-free state status. 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