Research and Reports
last updated June 2009

 

Report on Belarus 2008, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 2009, United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Women in Parliament 2008 report, Inter-parliamentary Union.

 Statistical Update Belarus 2008,  The Human Development Index UN Development Programme.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2008: Country Highlights and Profiles, Belarus, World Economic Forum.

Facts and figures, Belarus, World Health Organisation Country Office.

Belarus - Amnesty International Report 2008. Situation of Human Rights in Belarus.

Report of the Committee of the Experts on the Application of the Conventions and Recommendations, 2008. Report overviews Employment legislation of Belarus in regard to its compliance with the ILO Standards, in particular the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation Convention 1958.

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 – Belarus.

The review of the steps the Belarusian government took in 2007 to combat trafficking in human beings, by the United States Department of State.

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, 2007. Written statement submitted by the International Federation for Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), on human rights situation in Belarus, United Nations.

Optimizing the international effort to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, General Assembly of the United Nations, 2007. The report chronicles the activities undertaken by the funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations to promote recovery from the Chernobyl disaster. Belarus presents its report on page 18.

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2007, annual report (Events of 2006). Belarus in chapter III. Report overviews situation of Human Rights and Liberties and instances of their violations in Belarus.

Belarus: Domestic Violence - More than a private scandal, Amnesty International report 2006.

10 health questions, Belarus, World Health Organisation, Europe.

Report on Highlights on Health in Belarus 2005. An overview of the country’s health status, describing recent data on mortality, morbidity and exposure to key risk factors along with trends over time, World Health Organization, Europe.

CEDAW, summary record of 643rd meeting 2004, reviewing 4-6th reports submitted by Belarus. Reviewing steps made by the State in compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

CEDAW, summary record of 644th meeting 2004, reviewing 4-6th reports submitted by Belarus. Reviewing steps made by the State in compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

CEDAW, concluding comments of the Committee 2004, reviewing 4-6th reports submitted by Belarus.

CEDAW, Combined fourth, fifth and sixth periodic reports of Belarus 2002.

Part I of the report provides an overview of the social and economic situation in the Republic of Belarus, its demography, as well as institutional mechanisms established to implement the provisions of the Convention.

Part II describes the legislative, administrative and other measures adopted in the Republic of Belarus to give effect to the provisions of the Convention in accordance with specific articles. Part III provides an overview of the progress achieved in advancing the status of women in the Republic, as well as remaining obstacles.

Women 2000 – An investigation into the status of women, Belarus pp.63-82, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights.

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