Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Increase the availability of specialized services for the victims of forced labour and trafficking for sex, in partnership with civil society, including by implementing the dedicated victim assistance fund as required by law | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure that journalists, media workers as well as civil society activists are able to practice their activities freely without any fear for punishment in accordance with international standards | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Take urgent action to protect human rights defenders, non- governmental organizations and journalists, and to investigate and prosecute all who threaten them | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Take measures aimed at diminishing threats and intimidation against journalists and civil society, as well as opponents against the Government | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment, in which human rights defenders and civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 22/6 and 27/31 | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure an enabling environment for the activities of journalists, human rights defenders and the other civil society actors | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure a safe environment for civil society participation, particularly the protection of persons contributing to the work of the Human Rights Council | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Develop and implement specific laws, policies and mechanisms that recognize and protect the work of civil society, human rights defenders and journalists | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Take concrete measures to guarantee freedom of expression and the media and to address limitations in the existing law governing the operation of civil society organizations | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure that all civil society actors, as well as the Human Rights Commission, can carry out their activities, including participating in international mechanisms, without being subjected to reprisal | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Issue a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and ensure an enabling environment for the activities of journalists, human rights defenders and other civil society actors | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure that the constitutional framework duly protects journalists, media and civil society against intimidation, threats and assaults, and review the Penal Code accordingly | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt laws and policies protecting human rights defenders and journalists, involve civil society in this process as well make available sufficient funding for implementation | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Respect and protect the right to freedom of expression and strengthen the protection of journalists, civil society activists and human rights defenders against attacks | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Involve civil society more actively in developing national human rights policies, strategies and action plans | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Implement the new law (on the protection of human rights defenders, journalist, social communicators and justice officials) through an open consultation and participation process with civil society | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | That the implementation of the new law on the protection of human rights defenders, journalists, social communicators and justice officials is allocated sufficient resources and without it being necessary to resort to civil society contributions | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Include civil society organizations in the process before finalizing and submitting the national report | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Establish a sustainable cooperation between the Ministry of Interior and civil society organizations dealing with domestic and gender-based violence | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Promote inter-ethnic tolerance through adequate measures, including awareness-raising campaigns in the media in close cooperation with civil society and minority associations | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Counter harassment, threats and wiretapping of investigating journalists, bloggers and NGO representatives | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Remove restrictions on civil society, including the prohibition on NGOs receiving foreign funds, restrictions on volunteer work outside business hours, and obstacles to official registration of NGOs, in line with the rights to freedom of association and of expression | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Significantly simplify the procedures for the registration of civil society associations, organizations and foundations and ensure that the legal and political framework is in line with international standards | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Decriminalize the activities of non-registered NGOs and put an end to all forms of administrative or judicial harassment towards independent civil society actors | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adapt its own domestic legislation on associations in order to remove any hindrances to the full realization of the freedom of association by its citizens | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Abolish criminal responsibility for organization and participation in the activities of non-registered organizations, as well as lifting the ban on the activities of non-registered organizations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment in which civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, and can participate fully in democratic processes | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Cease the intimidation, harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders, NGO groups, and journalists and provide guarantees for the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, as well as ending its restrictions and surveillance of the Internet, namely by amending its legislation in order to remove extrajudicial procedures for blocking websites, in line with recommendations made by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, whose visit authorized by the Belarusian authorities in 2013 was a step in the right direction | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Urgently abolish article193-1 of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes activities by non-registered organizations and generally end the pattern of obstruction, harassment and intimidation of civil society organizations promoting and defending human rights, including trade unions, environmental groups, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex groups and human rights groups | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Decriminalize the organization and participation in activities of unregistered associations by repealing article 193-1 of the Criminal Code | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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