A/HRC/RES/58/19 Deploring the continuing discrimination affecting women and girls and individuals in vulnerable situations, such as persons with disabilities and persons belonging to national or ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, and deploring also the increasing discrimination and violence against and repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, Expressing profound regret that, yet again, the Belarusian authorities have not fulfilled their obligations with regard to the right of every citizen to vote and to be elected in free and fair periodic elections, carried out through transparent and inclusive processes, in accordance with the State’s obligations under article 25 (b) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and noting with concern that the Belarusian authorities did not invite in due time international or regional independent election observers, including from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, to monitor the conduct of the 2025 presidential elections, thus not granting access to key stages of the election process, Expressing deep concern at the continued use of the death penalty in Belarus, especially in a context where fair trial guarantees are not upheld, and at the limited amount of relevant information with regard to its use, especially in the context of the amendments to the Criminal Code expanding the use of the death penalty, and taking into account that transparency is a requirement of fair and effective criminal justice, Regretting the inadequate response and persistent lack of cooperation by the Belarusian authorities to the requests made by the Human Rights Council in its resolutions and the recommendations made to the State by the High Commissioner, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus and other special procedure mandate holders and the treaty bodies, as well as the measures recommended under article 33 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization calling upon Belarus to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry and the supervisory bodies in the context of the non-compliance of Belarus with its obligations under the conventions of the International Labour Organization, and also regretting the inadequate response to the recommendations in reports under the Moscow Mechanism of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Stressing the need for accountability for human rights violations and abuses, which is critical for the prevention of further violations and abuses and for the recognition of victims, guaranteeing that they have access to justice and effective remedy, including reparation, through restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of nonrepetition, and expressing profound concern over the blatant lack of accountability for human rights violations in Belarus, 1. Welcomes the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus1 and of the Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus;2 2. Strongly condemns the widespread and systematic violations of international human rights law, among them arbitrary deprivation of the right to life and to liberty, with mass unlawful detentions and arrests of individuals on politically motivated grounds or for exercising their human rights, enforced disappearance, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including sexual and gender-based violence, denial of due process and the right to a fair trial, failure to safeguard the rights and best interests of the child, violations of the right to education and work, arbitrary denial of the right to enter one’s own country and violations of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association and to equal protection of the law, as well as other violations of human rights committed in Belarus, all as reported by the Group of Independent Experts and the Special Rapporteur; 3. Condemns the actions of the Belarusian authorities in committing an act of unlawful interference that deliberately endangered the safety and security of a commercial passenger aircraft and the lives of all those on board in May 2021, constituting a flagrant and 1 2 A/HRC/56/65. A/HRC/58/68. 3