The event aimed to explore and highlight available inter-state mechanisms for addressing the situation in Belarus. The objective of the event was to raise awareness of individual experts/representatives of organizations and/or governmental agencies on the existing legal instruments available for States who are monitoring the crisis in Belarus and who are considering possibilities to proceed with legal remedies to stop further human rights violations that pose a threat to a сommon peace and security.
During the discussion, arguments pro et contra were presented on the basis of the available legal instruments on inter-state accountability as well as on analyses of existing legal and diplomatic practice.
The event was attended by:
- Dr. Wolfgang Benedek, OSCE Moscow Mechanism rapporteur, Professor Emeritus of international law, University of Graz, Austria;
- Dr. Anaïs Marin, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus;
- Dr. Alexander Vashkevich, Professor of the European Humanity University;
- Mr. Garry Pogoniailo, the Head of Legal Committee at the Belarusian Helsinki Committee;
- Mr. Jeremy McBride, attorney, Great Britain / France;
Dr. Liudmila Ulyashyna, EHU Centre of the Constitutionalism and Human Rights moderated the event.
Full video of the webinar is available below:
