26.07.2023
Special Tribunal for Belarus: Legal and policy implications
Introduction: Why the world needs a Special Tribunal for Belarus
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, following the detailed and meticulous examination of human rights situation in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath, found that some of the human rights violations reported “may… amount to crimes against humanity, as defined in international customary law, when such acts are committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack.” (Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath.