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expulsions, and to guarantee that victims have access to justice and redress, including
reparations, and that perpetrators are held fully accountable, in compliance with fair trial
guarantees under international human rights law, and regrets that, to date, there is no
indication that such investigations have been opened in Belarus following the thousands of
complaints filed by victims of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and in
relation to the deaths in the context of the protests;
14.
Urges the Belarusian authorities to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur
on the situation of human rights in Belarus, in particular by granting her free, full and
unhindered access to the territory of the country, including unhindered access to all places of
detention, to extend full cooperation to the thematic special procedures of the Human Rights
Council and to the treaty bodies, to restore their cooperation with and extend full and
unhindered access to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
and to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Office of the High
Commissioner;
15.
Decides to extend, for a period of one year, the mandate of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the assistance of the three appointed
independent experts and special procedure mandate holders, until the fifty-fifth session of the
Human Rights Council;
16.
Requests the High Commissioner to present an interim oral update to the
Human Rights Council at its fifty-fourth session, and a comprehensive report at its fifty-fifth
session, both to be followed by an interactive dialogue;
17.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Office of the High
Commissioner with full administrative, technical and logistical support and the resources
necessary to enable it to carry out its mandate.
56th meeting
4 April 2023
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 21 to 5, with 21 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Argentina, Belgium, Benin, Chile, Costa Rica, Czechia, Finland, France,
Gambia, Germany, Honduras, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mexico,
Montenegro, Paraguay, Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and United States of America
Against:
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Cuba, Eritrea and Viet Nam
Abstaining:
Algeria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Georgia, India,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan,
Qatar, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and
Uzbekistan]
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