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serious violation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, as confirmed by the
International Civil Aviation Organization;3
4.
Strongly urges the Belarusian authorities to comply fully with all their
obligations under international human rights law and:
(a)
To immediately and unconditionally release and effectively rehabilitate all
those persons arbitrarily or unlawfully detained, arrested, charged or sentenced on politically
motivated grounds or for exercising their human rights;
(b)
To cease the use of force against peaceful demonstrators, of torture and other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, prosecution, harassment, intimidation,
repression and forced exile of individuals solely for exercising their human rights or for
performing their duties, and to ensure equal protection of and by the law;
(c)
To ensure timely and adequate medical assistance and living conditions for all
detained persons, and to guarantee their access to independent legal assistance of their choice
and to legal protection throughout all proceedings;
(d)
To ensure prompt, effective, thorough, transparent, independent, impartial and
gender- and age-responsive investigations, addressing the full chain of command relevant to
individual criminal responsibility with a view to ensuring accountability and effective
remedy in all cases of human rights violations and abuses, including through restitution,
compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition for victims and
survivors, as appropriate;
(e)
To take all measures necessary to ensure the full independence and impartiality
of the judiciary, free from executive control and political influence, and protection for and
the independence of the legal profession, and to uphold due process and fair trial guarantees
under international human rights law for all persons in order to restore and maintain the rule
of law;
(f)
To carry out a comprehensive review of national legislation to ensure that it is
consistent with the international human rights obligations of Belarus and that it does not allow
for arbitrary limitations or derogations, in contravention of international human rights law;
(g)
To stop the misuse of “counter-terrorism” and “counter-extremism” policies,
including by immediately abolishing the lists of extremist content and of persons and
organizations allegedly engaged in extremist activity, and to ensure that all aspects of State
national security practice, including when aimed at preventing and countering terrorism and
violent extremism, comply with international human rights law and do not serve as a basis
for prosecuting civil society representatives and individuals engaged in non-violent
expression and advocacy of dissident opinion;
(h)
To adopt comprehensive non-discrimination legislation and policies
guaranteeing the right of everyone to equality before and by the law, including equal access
to inclusive, equitable and non-discriminatory quality education, with the best interests of the
child as a primary consideration;
(i)
To revoke the decisions on the forced dissolution of civil society entities, to
enter into a genuine, constructive, inclusive and transparent national dialogue with civil
society and to create and maintain a safe enabling environment, both online and offline, in
which civil society can operate free from arbitrary surveillance, hindrance and insecurity;
(j)
To ensure an environment conducive to the functioning of genuinely
independent media, both online and offline, including unhindered access to an open,
interoperable, reliable and secure Internet;
(k)
To implement a comprehensive reform of the electoral legal framework,
aligning it with international standards, including following the recommendations made by
the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe, the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the
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International Civil Aviation Organization, Doc 10184, Assembly Resolutions in Force (as of 7
October 2022), Assembly resolution A41-1.