United Nations Human Rights Council High Commissioner for Human Rights Requests Monitoring Report on Belarus September 19, 4:53
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling on the High Commissioner for Human Rights Bachelet to monitor the local human rights situation and report by the end of the year over Belarus, which continues to be confused after the presidential election.
On the other hand, at the meeting, representatives from Russia and China said that they were not satisfied with how to proceed with the discussion, and there was one act in which the discussion was interrupted.
In Belarus, protests continued against the alleged election of President Lukashenko in the August presidential election, followed by detention and deportation of anti-government executives.
The UN Human Rights Council in Switzerland held an urgent discussion on the human rights situation in Belarus on the 18th, and Special Rapporteur Malang unfairly detained more than 10,000 people who participated in peaceful protests. I asked for a prompt release.
One of the leaders of the anti-government faction, Mr. Chihanovskaya, also sent a video message requesting a field survey by a UN special rapporteur.
After that, representatives from each country, including Japan, expressed concern about the current situation in Belarus, and the resolution requesting the High Commissioner for Human Rights Bachelet to closely monitor the local human rights situation and report it by the end of the year was approved. It was adopted by a large number.
On the other hand, in the vote, out of 47 board members, abstaining countries such as African countries continued.
In addition, representatives from Russia, Belarus, China, and Venezuela said that they were not satisfied with the way the conference proceeded, and the discussion was interrupted, highlighting the differences in the positions of each country.