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A Moot court competition held for Belarus students
On 18-19 December 2020, Council of Europe held oral rounds of the Moot court competition on application of the European Convention of Human Rights for law students of Belarus Universities. The competition started in 2019 with a series of trainings for law professors and students and gathered 10...
Death penalty should be abolished in Belarus
How to work with public opinion with a view to inform its views on the death penalty and the necessity for its abolition was the theme of the conference which took place in Minsk on 27 August 2019. The event was the result of the thorough dialogue the Council of Europe has had with the Belarusian...
European non-discrimination standards explored by Belarusian students
On 13-17 May 2019 the Council of Europe organised in Gomel, Belarus, a five-day Spring School on Human Rights and Combating Discrimination for 35 law students from six universities of Belarus. The programme was built around the key grounds for discrimination, such as race, ethnicity, sex and...
Key publications under the project
Monitoring pre-trial detention and material detention conditions: Guide for NPMs
