Case status: Findings adopted on 18.06.2017 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: Suspended upon the Party concerned’s withdrawal from the Convention, which entered into effect on 24 October 2022; see Decision VII/8c, Decision VI/8c.
Topics: Protection of environmental defenders.
Articles alleged: 3 (8).
Articles considered by the Committee: 1; 3 (8).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 3 (8).
Summary: On 24 April 2014, “Ecohome”, an environmental non-governmental organization, submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging the failure by Belarus to comply with its obligations under article 3 (8) of the Convention with respect to the alleged harassment of environmental activists.
| Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary determination of admissibility | ||
| Communication Annex 1: Decision of Minsk City Court, August 3, 2012, rejecting appeal on arrest of T. Novikava RUS ENG Annex 2: Decision of Central Rayon Minsk City Court of July 18, 2012, arresting M. Matskevich for 3 days RUS ENG Annex 3: Decision of Central Rayon Minsk City Court of July 18, 2012, imposing fine on I. Sukhiy RUS ENG Annex 4: Notice by Moskovkiy Police Department in Minsk of July 28, 2012, imposing 10 year entrance ban on A. Ozharovkiy RUS ENG Annex 5: Decision of Moskovkiy Rayon Minsk city Court of July 18,2012, arresting A. Ozharovkiyfor 10 days RUS ENG Annex 6: Complaint by T. Novikava to the police on the condition of arrest (August 26, 2012) and decision rejecting allegations of inhuman conditions (September 13, 2012) RUS ENG Annex 7: Decision of Grodno Oblast Court, October 16, 2009, rejecting A. Ozharovkiy's appeal against arrest decision of October 9, 2009 RUS ENG Annex 8: Decision of the Vice Minister of Information of Belarus of November 9, 2009, closing administrative case against A. Ozharovskiy for distribution of periodic printed materials RUS ENG Annex 9: Banners and posters, which police prevented from using on April 26, 2013 RUS ENG |
From the communicant | 22.04.2014 |
| Letter forwarding to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 19.02.2015 |
| Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 19.02.2015 |
| Response to the communication RUS ENG Annexes |
From the Party concerned | 20.07.2015 (dated 17.07.2015) |
| Invitation to the Party concerned and the communicant to attend hearing at the Committee's 50th meeting | From the secretariat | 01.09.2015 |
|
Opening statement for Committee's hearing at its 50th meeting RUS ENG |
From the Party concerned | 07.10.2015 |
| Opening statement for Committee's hearing at its 50th meeting RUS ENG | From the communicant | 07.10.2015 |
| Questions from the Compliance Committee to the Party concerned | From the secretariat | 14.11.2016 |
|
Reply to the Committee's questions ENG RUS Annex 1: Letters of competent authorities and extract of Code of Administrative Offences ENG and RUS |
From the Party concerned | 03.02.2017 |
| Letter requesting factual clarifications from the communicant | From the secretariat | 08.05.2017 |
| Factual clarification | From the communicant | 11.05.2017 |
| Comments on the factual clarification RUS ENG | From the Party concerned | 18.05.2017 |
| Draft findings and letters to the Party concerned and communicant inviting their comments | From the secretariat | 26.05.2017 |
| Comments on the draft findings | From the communicant | 13.06.2017 |
| Comments on the draft findings | From the Party concerned | 15.06.2017 |
| Findings ENG FRE RUS | 18.06.2017 |