Belarus may be excluded from list of “problem countries”
The UN Council on human rights is going to exclude Belarus from the “black list”. The issue of cancellation of the Belarusian special reporter’s warrant will be discussed in Geneva on June 18.
In accordance with the new compromise decision in the case of human rights supervision, it will be periodically applied to all of the 192 member-states of the Council.
11 countries used to be under a close supervision. Belarus was among them. It is expected that special reporters will remain in Somali, Haiti, Sudan, Burma, North Korea, Cambodia, the Congo and Palestinian territories. At the same time, Belarus and Cuba might be excluded from the list.
Representatives of international human rights organizations claimed that the UN Council may become “a helpless structure without being able to control the situation in problem countries”.
Telegraph
In accordance with the new compromise decision in the case of human rights supervision, it will be periodically applied to all of the 192 member-states of the Council.
11 countries used to be under a close supervision. Belarus was among them. It is expected that special reporters will remain in Somali, Haiti, Sudan, Burma, North Korea, Cambodia, the Congo and Palestinian territories. At the same time, Belarus and Cuba might be excluded from the list.
Representatives of international human rights organizations claimed that the UN Council may become “a helpless structure without being able to control the situation in problem countries”.
Telegraph
