Summary

The present report is submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 20/13.

In the report, the Special Rapporteur focuses on human rights in electoral processes in Belarus. He explores the patterns of purposeful and systemic human rights violations leading to Belarus being the only country in Europe that in the past decade has had no opposition members elected to its parliament.

The Special Rapporteur makes recommendations to improve the human rights situation in Belarus in line with its international obligations.