A/HRC/23/52
Annex
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Human rights concerns in relation to the recommendations made by the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in her report
(A/HRC/20/8)
Cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms and OHCHR
Cooperate fully with all United Nations human rights mechanisms, and fully implement all
recommendations made at the universal periodic review and by treaty bodies and special
procedures - Human Rights Council resolution 20/13, para. 75 (j)
Cooperate fully with OHCHR, including by providing access to an OHCHR technical team
to visit Belarus and to engage directly with the relevant authorities and civil society Human Rights Council resolution 20/13, para. 75 (k)
National human rights institution
Establish a national human rights institution in compliance with the Paris Principles Human Rights Council resolution 20/13, para. 75 (l)
Legal framework: the rule of law
Initiate a comprehensive review of the overall legal framework, including the Criminal
Code, as well as the laws amended in 2011, bringing them into line with the State‟s
international human rights obligations, and, in doing so, seek international expertise
available from the United Nations, OSCE and the Council of Europe - Human Rights
Council resolution 20/13, para. 75 (n)
The right to life and the death penalty
Establish a moratorium on all executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty, and
ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights - Human Rights Council resolution 20/13, para. 75 (m)
Prison conditions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Conduct a comprehensive, transparent and credible investigation into all reported cases of
torture and ill-treatment and bring those responsible to justice; ensure in all circumstances
the physical and psychological integrity of detained and imprisoned persons; and establish
an independent national preventive mechanism for the prevention of torture at the domestic
level - Human Rights Council resolution 20/13, para.75 (c)
Treatment of political opponents, human rights defenders and activists
Immediately and unconditionally release remaining political opponents, activists and
journalists who were not involved in any violence in the events of 19 December 2010 and
its aftermath - Human Rights Council resolution 20/13, para. 75 (a)
Conduct an impartial, credible and objective investigation of the circumstances in which the
above persons were arrested and detained, and take steps to promptly rehabilitate them Human Rights Council resolution 20/13, para.75 (b)
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