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Belarus and CERD (2004 August (concluding remarks from committee) (Racist,…
Belarus and CERD
2004 August (concluding remarks from committee)
Racist, discriminatory
and xenophobic, in particular, anti-Semitic propaganda on the Internet, while
acknowledging the efforts undertaken by the State party to curtail such phenomena
Have a draft national plan of action on the follow-up to the
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance.
situation of minority groups,
in particular Roma
Committee asks State party include in its next periodic
report statistical information on prosecutions launched, and penalties imposed, in cases of offences that relate to racial discrimination and where the relevant provisions of the existing domestic legislation have been applied.
Consider the establishment of an independent national human rights institution
human rights education beyond the school system in
order to promote understanding and tolerance among all racial and ethnic groups in society
Minority Communities in Belarus
http://minorityrights.org/country/belarus/
Jews
Poles
Russians
Ukrainians
1995- September
CERD Reflections from the committee responding to the report by Belarus
Particular reference was made to the
relevant parts of the Constitution
to the Act on National Minorities in the
Republic of Belarus
the Bishkek Agreement, article 71 of the Criminal Code
article 6 (1) of the Code of Labour Law
the Act on Trade Unions
the National
Housing Programme and acts relating to the right to education, culture and access to information.
Belarus transition to democracy and a multiparty system recently with little harm or incidents to ethnic communites
Report lacked information on the demographic composition of Belarusian society
The report gave no indication of how or whether steps had
been taken to prevent public authorities or institutions from promoting or inciting racial discrimination, or whether public officials received training to ensure that they did not encourage discrimination by word or deed
Whether Belarus would consider making the declaration recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from individuals or groups of individuals claiming to be victims of a violation by the State party of any of the rights set forth in the Convention.
Country Report - January
Mention the enactment of the Law On National Minorities in the Republic of Belarus
2012 August
State Report
State they have a Ethnic Minorities Act
State that they Counteracting
Extremism Act
Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations
Act
2013
August - Committee Observations
is concerned at the absence of a definition of racial discrimination in accordance with article 1 of the Convention in national legislation (art. 1).
Laws
Law On National Minorities in the Republic of Belarus (
http://ecmi-epp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Belarus_MinorityLaw_ENG.pdf
)
1997