138.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- General
- International instruments
138.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the main human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, in particular the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
138.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its sound strengthening of human rights law, including through international treaties
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
138.8.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
138.10.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and consider establishing a moratorium on executions as the first step towards the official abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
138.10.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a de facto moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards its abolition and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- UPR process
138.10.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards the definitive abolition of the death penalty, and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
138.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and establish a national preventive mechanism in accordance with the Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
138.16.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
138.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
138.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve its cooperation with human rights mechanisms, including by extending a standing invitation to the special procedures, and in particular by fully cooperating with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
138.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue its constructive cooperation with human rights mechanisms and special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
138.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue cooperation with the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including by allowing the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus access to the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
138.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement national programmes and action plans aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
138.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive legislation to prohibit all forms of discrimination, investigate statements inciting racial hatred and racial violence, and establish appropriate sanctions against discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
138.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive legislation against discrimination, including protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
138.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat discrimination and violence on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and draft specific legislation for the training of law enforcement officers and other officials to avoid discriminatory acts against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
138.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Design and implement the necessary legal instruments to combat discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as awareness-raising programmes against violence and harassment suffered by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
138.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
138.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Define “torture” in its Criminal Code as a specific crime in accordance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and investigate all allegations of widespread practices of torture, ill-treatment and the use of disproportionate force against peaceful protesters, particularly in the aftermath of the 2020 elections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Elections
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
138.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to contribute to the intensification of global efforts to combat human trafficking, through its initiatives and support for the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
138.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to train law enforcement officials and other government agencies to identify victims of trafficking, and provide victims with assistance and protection in accordance with the law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Trafficking
138.122
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote the fight against human trafficking and the protection of refugees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Trafficking
138.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Release immediately and unconditionally all political prisoners who are detained illegally and arbitrarily
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Freedom of opinion and expression
138.142
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fulfil its obligations under international human rights law with regard to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of opinion and expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
138.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee full respect for freedom of opinion and expression, including online, and for freedom of assembly and association, and harmonize national legislation in line with international standards in this area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
138.150
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend its law on mass media, putting an end to arbitrary arrests and criminal prosecution in relation to mass media and freedom of speech, and ensuring freedoms of expression, assembly and association for civil society and human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
138.169
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly and a conducive environment for journalism, notably by decriminalizing defamation and amending the Media Act and the law on anti-extremism so that they do not disproportionately limit freedom of expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
138.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the repression of protesters, civil society organizations, journalists and human rights defenders who have been trying for months to exercise their right to freedom of expression and peaceful demonstration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
138.184
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider simplifying the rules that regulate the registration of civil society organizations and political parties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society