With the adoption of resolution A/HRC/RES/55/27 on 4 April 2024, the Human Rights Council mandated the Group of Human Rights Experts on Belarus to:

(a) To investigate and establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of all alleged human rights violations and abuses committed in Belarus since 1 May 2020, including their gender and age dimensions and their impact on victims and survivors;

(b) To collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of such violations and abuses and, where possible, to identify those responsible, in view of relevant judicial and other proceedings, including criminal proceedings in courts and tribunals that have competent jurisdiction;

(c) To make recommendations, in particular on accountability measures, with a view to ending impunity and addressing its root causes, ensuring accountability and access to justice and effective remedy, including reparation for victims;

(d) To engage with all relevant stakeholders, in particular Belarusian stakeholders, as well as with regional and international civil society, international human rights organizations, United Nations agencies, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and relevant companies and States, with a view to exchanging information, as appropriate, and providing support for national, regional and international efforts to promote accountability for human rights violations in Belarus, and also to engage, where appropriate, with the Belarusian authorities to assist them in fulfilling their international human rights obligations.

The Human Rights Council requested the Group of Experts to:

• Provide an oral update on its work followed by an interactive dialogue at its fifty-seventh session, in September-October 2024.
• Submit a comprehensive report at its fifty-eighth session, in February-April 2025, including in an easy-to-read version and in an accessible format, to be followed by an interactive dialogue.

See the Terms of Reference (English | Russian) of the Group of Independent Experts.