Belarus
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- nominally a republic, in fact a dictatorship
- CONSTITUTION
- March 15, 1994; amended 1996, 2004
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; not subject to the jurisdiction of the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National Assembly (Natsionalnoye Sobranie) composed of the Council of the Republic (Soviet Respubliki) and the House of Representatives (Palata Predstaviteley)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (composed of the president and vice president and organized into various specialized chambers, including economic and military; number of judges determined by the president of the republic and the president of the court); Constitutional Court (composed of 12 judges, including a president and a vice president); oblast courts; City Court of Minsk; city courts; Economic Courts of the city and oblast of Minsk
RELIGIONS
Orthodox 48.3%, Catholics 7.1%, others 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (estimate 2011)
From the country
- DECEMBER 1, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ASHTON CONDEMNS DEATH SENTENCES IN BELARUS
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton strongly condemned two new death sentences in Belarus.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: BELARUS URGED TO INTRODUCE A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
The Council of Europe urged Belarus not to execute two men found guilty of carrying out
NOVEMBER 30, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR METRO BOMBING
A court in Belarus sentenced two men to death for carrying out a bomb attack at a metro station in central Minsk which killed 15 people and wounded scores of others.
- JULY 27, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
UN COMMITTEE SAYS EXECUTIONS IN BELARUS VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
the United Nations Human Rights Committee accused Belarus of violating
- JULY 22, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative
Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative
JULY 21, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH LAST YEAR REPORTED EXECUTED
Aleh Hryshkawtsow, 30, and Andrey Burdyka, 29, were executed by shooting in Belarus, reported the Hrodna newspaper Vecherny Grodno.
- APRIL 14, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
PACE URGES BELARUS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on
MARCH 1, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
the High Court of Belarus confirmed the death sentence against Igor Myalik, 39, for
- FEBRUARY 25, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: PRESIDENT LUKASHENKO DENIES CLEMENCY TO TWO DEATH ROW INMATES
Belarusian president Alyaksandr Lukashenko rejected clemency requests from death
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
“I am deeply disappointed and concerned by the decision taken on Friday (February
- JANUARY 1, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Article 24 of the constitution reads that
Article 24 of the constitution reads that "the death penalty...
DECEMBER 6, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: LUKASHENKO URGES TO REVISIT DEATH PENALTY ISSUE
The issue of capital punishment in Belarus should be revisited, said President Alexander