International Accountability Platform for Belarus
@iapbelarus.org
The IAPB is a consortium of Belarusian and international NGOs that collects, consolidates, verifies, and preserves evidence of gross human rights violations allegedly committed in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath.
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Since the disputed presidential elections of August 2020, Belarus has faced one of the gravest human rights crises in Europe in decades.
But accountability is possible.
The IAPB’s report outlines pathways to truth, redress, and justice for the people of Belarus. ⬇️
iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
But accountability is possible.
The IAPB’s report outlines pathways to truth, redress, and justice for the people of Belarus. ⬇️
iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
The IAPB was pleased to present our report 'Paths to Accountability for Belarus' at a side event during the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.
🙏 to all the panellists and Germany, Lithuania, and Poland for co-sponsoring this important event.
▶️Read the report (EN/BE): iapbelarus.org/resources/
🙏 to all the panellists and Germany, Lithuania, and Poland for co-sponsoring this important event.
▶️Read the report (EN/BE): iapbelarus.org/resources/
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The IAPB was pleased to present our report 'Paths to Accountability for Belarus' at a side event during the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.
🙏 to all the panellists and Germany, Lithuania, and Poland for co-sponsoring this important event.
▶️Read the report (EN/BE): iapbelarus.org/resources/
🙏 to all the panellists and Germany, Lithuania, and Poland for co-sponsoring this important event.
▶️Read the report (EN/BE): iapbelarus.org/resources/
Since the disputed presidential elections of August 2020, Belarus has faced one of the gravest human rights crises in Europe in decades.
But accountability is possible.
The IAPB’s report outlines pathways to truth, redress, and justice for the people of Belarus. ⬇️
iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
But accountability is possible.
The IAPB’s report outlines pathways to truth, redress, and justice for the people of Belarus. ⬇️
iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Since the disputed presidential elections of August 2020, Belarus has faced one of the gravest human rights crises in Europe in decades.
But accountability is possible.
The IAPB’s report outlines pathways to truth, redress, and justice for the people of Belarus. ⬇️
iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
But accountability is possible.
The IAPB’s report outlines pathways to truth, redress, and justice for the people of Belarus. ⬇️
iapbelarus.org/app/uploads/...
⏰ Happening soon!
Join us for the launch of ‘Paths to Accountability in Belarus’ (14.00–15.30 CET).
🗣️ English and Belarusian.
🖥️ Watch the webinar on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
📺 Or follow it live on the IAPB LinkedIn account (English only): www.linkedin.com/events/launc...
Join us for the launch of ‘Paths to Accountability in Belarus’ (14.00–15.30 CET).
🗣️ English and Belarusian.
🖥️ Watch the webinar on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
📺 Or follow it live on the IAPB LinkedIn account (English only): www.linkedin.com/events/launc...
October 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
⏰ Happening soon!
Join us for the launch of ‘Paths to Accountability in Belarus’ (14.00–15.30 CET).
🗣️ English and Belarusian.
🖥️ Watch the webinar on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
📺 Or follow it live on the IAPB LinkedIn account (English only): www.linkedin.com/events/launc...
Join us for the launch of ‘Paths to Accountability in Belarus’ (14.00–15.30 CET).
🗣️ English and Belarusian.
🖥️ Watch the webinar on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
📺 Or follow it live on the IAPB LinkedIn account (English only): www.linkedin.com/events/launc...
Why do international trials matter for victims?
For @doughtystreet.bsky.social barrister Megan Hirst it is not only about the verdict, but the opportunity to publicly recognise the harms that victims have suffered, contributing to the victims’ healing process.
For @doughtystreet.bsky.social barrister Megan Hirst it is not only about the verdict, but the opportunity to publicly recognise the harms that victims have suffered, contributing to the victims’ healing process.
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Why do international trials matter for victims?
For @doughtystreet.bsky.social barrister Megan Hirst it is not only about the verdict, but the opportunity to publicly recognise the harms that victims have suffered, contributing to the victims’ healing process.
For @doughtystreet.bsky.social barrister Megan Hirst it is not only about the verdict, but the opportunity to publicly recognise the harms that victims have suffered, contributing to the victims’ healing process.
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🇩🇰🇪🇪🇪🇺🇩🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 co-hosted a #UNGA80 side event on accountability and justice in #Belarus together with Svetlana Tikhanouskaya
Denmark is proud to support @iapbelarus.org
Lukasjenka’s regime must be held accountable for its atrocities against political prisoners and the Belarusian people.
Denmark is proud to support @iapbelarus.org
Lukasjenka’s regime must be held accountable for its atrocities against political prisoners and the Belarusian people.
September 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🇩🇰🇪🇪🇪🇺🇩🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 co-hosted a #UNGA80 side event on accountability and justice in #Belarus together with Svetlana Tikhanouskaya
Denmark is proud to support @iapbelarus.org
Lukasjenka’s regime must be held accountable for its atrocities against political prisoners and the Belarusian people.
Denmark is proud to support @iapbelarus.org
Lukasjenka’s regime must be held accountable for its atrocities against political prisoners and the Belarusian people.
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✨ Happy 63rd birthday to Ales Bialiatski!
#HumanRights activist & #NobelPeacePrize laureate, jailed for defending dignity — now serving 10 years in #Belarus.
We send Ales strength and remind the world he belongs with his loved ones — not in prison.
🌐 Why Ales matters: freeales.org
#FreeAles
#HumanRights activist & #NobelPeacePrize laureate, jailed for defending dignity — now serving 10 years in #Belarus.
We send Ales strength and remind the world he belongs with his loved ones — not in prison.
🌐 Why Ales matters: freeales.org
#FreeAles
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
✨ Happy 63rd birthday to Ales Bialiatski!
#HumanRights activist & #NobelPeacePrize laureate, jailed for defending dignity — now serving 10 years in #Belarus.
We send Ales strength and remind the world he belongs with his loved ones — not in prison.
🌐 Why Ales matters: freeales.org
#FreeAles
#HumanRights activist & #NobelPeacePrize laureate, jailed for defending dignity — now serving 10 years in #Belarus.
We send Ales strength and remind the world he belongs with his loved ones — not in prison.
🌐 Why Ales matters: freeales.org
#FreeAles
🤔 Why are international trials so important? In contexts like Belarus, where those in power are committing serious human rights violations, domestic accountability may be impossible.
International trials can combat impunity and secure justice to victims.
▶️ Hear what the experts have to say.
International trials can combat impunity and secure justice to victims.
▶️ Hear what the experts have to say.
September 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🤔 Why are international trials so important? In contexts like Belarus, where those in power are committing serious human rights violations, domestic accountability may be impossible.
International trials can combat impunity and secure justice to victims.
▶️ Hear what the experts have to say.
International trials can combat impunity and secure justice to victims.
▶️ Hear what the experts have to say.
🚨 WEBINAR | "Paths to Accountability in Belarus"
📅 3 Oct, 14:00–15:30 CET
💻 Zoom & LinkedIn Live
Join a panel of regional and international human rights experts for the launch of new IAPB report on pathways to accountability in Belarus
🔗 Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
📅 3 Oct, 14:00–15:30 CET
💻 Zoom & LinkedIn Live
Join a panel of regional and international human rights experts for the launch of new IAPB report on pathways to accountability in Belarus
🔗 Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
September 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨 WEBINAR | "Paths to Accountability in Belarus"
📅 3 Oct, 14:00–15:30 CET
💻 Zoom & LinkedIn Live
Join a panel of regional and international human rights experts for the launch of new IAPB report on pathways to accountability in Belarus
🔗 Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
📅 3 Oct, 14:00–15:30 CET
💻 Zoom & LinkedIn Live
Join a panel of regional and international human rights experts for the launch of new IAPB report on pathways to accountability in Belarus
🔗 Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433806860
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#BELARUS: Victims of human rights violations in Belarus are in desperate need of truth, justice and reparations, the UN Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus said in a new report that details options for accountability.
More➡️ bit.ly/4m9lkAc
More➡️ bit.ly/4m9lkAc
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
#BELARUS: Victims of human rights violations in Belarus are in desperate need of truth, justice and reparations, the UN Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus said in a new report that details options for accountability.
More➡️ bit.ly/4m9lkAc
More➡️ bit.ly/4m9lkAc
📢 #HRC60 Side Event: Crimes Against Humanity in Belarus
Join IAPB’s Head Andrea Huber and other leading experts to discuss documentation, assessment and pathways to justice for alleged crimes against humanity in Belarus.
🗓️ Monday 15 Sep, 14:00
📍 Palais des Nations, Room Concordia 1
#Belarus
Join IAPB’s Head Andrea Huber and other leading experts to discuss documentation, assessment and pathways to justice for alleged crimes against humanity in Belarus.
🗓️ Monday 15 Sep, 14:00
📍 Palais des Nations, Room Concordia 1
#Belarus
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
As part of our efforts to combat impunity for international crimes committed in Belarus since 2020, we recently facilitated a mock trial to strengthen our Belarusian partners’ skills in evidence collection and interviewing techniques.
▶️ Hear what the legal experts had to say.
▶️ Hear what the legal experts had to say.
August 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
As part of our efforts to combat impunity for international crimes committed in Belarus since 2020, we recently facilitated a mock trial to strengthen our Belarusian partners’ skills in evidence collection and interviewing techniques.
▶️ Hear what the legal experts had to say.
▶️ Hear what the legal experts had to say.
"My husband is free. It's hard to put into words the joy in my heart," said exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Yet, she emphasized that the fight is far from over: Our work "is not finished", with over 1,100 political prisoners still behind bars in #Belarus.
Yet, she emphasized that the fight is far from over: Our work "is not finished", with over 1,100 political prisoners still behind bars in #Belarus.
June 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"My husband is free. It's hard to put into words the joy in my heart," said exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Yet, she emphasized that the fight is far from over: Our work "is not finished", with over 1,100 political prisoners still behind bars in #Belarus.
Yet, she emphasized that the fight is far from over: Our work "is not finished", with over 1,100 political prisoners still behind bars in #Belarus.
🚨New publication!
Our new practice note outlines best practices for civil society organisations and other documenting initiatives on how to conduct documentation in a survivor-centred, trauma-informed, and holistic way.
Read it here: iapbelarus.org/resources/a-...
Our new practice note outlines best practices for civil society organisations and other documenting initiatives on how to conduct documentation in a survivor-centred, trauma-informed, and holistic way.
Read it here: iapbelarus.org/resources/a-...
June 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🚨New publication!
Our new practice note outlines best practices for civil society organisations and other documenting initiatives on how to conduct documentation in a survivor-centred, trauma-informed, and holistic way.
Read it here: iapbelarus.org/resources/a-...
Our new practice note outlines best practices for civil society organisations and other documenting initiatives on how to conduct documentation in a survivor-centred, trauma-informed, and holistic way.
Read it here: iapbelarus.org/resources/a-...
The IAPB is dedicated to collecting, verifying and preserving evidence of gross human rights violations in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath.
Some key achievements from Oct 2024 – Mar 2025 🧵
🔗Read our statement for more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
Some key achievements from Oct 2024 – Mar 2025 🧵
🔗Read our statement for more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
June 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The IAPB is dedicated to collecting, verifying and preserving evidence of gross human rights violations in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath.
Some key achievements from Oct 2024 – Mar 2025 🧵
🔗Read our statement for more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
Some key achievements from Oct 2024 – Mar 2025 🧵
🔗Read our statement for more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
Human rights violations persist in Belarus at an alarming level. Between October 2024 and March 2025, individuals were systematically targeted for their real or perceived dissent.
🧵Here’s a snapshot of #WhatsHappeningInBelarus
🔗Read our statement to learn more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
🧵Here’s a snapshot of #WhatsHappeningInBelarus
🔗Read our statement to learn more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
May 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Human rights violations persist in Belarus at an alarming level. Between October 2024 and March 2025, individuals were systematically targeted for their real or perceived dissent.
🧵Here’s a snapshot of #WhatsHappeningInBelarus
🔗Read our statement to learn more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
🧵Here’s a snapshot of #WhatsHappeningInBelarus
🔗Read our statement to learn more: iapbelarus.org/press-statem...
Independent human rights experts have called on Belarusian authorities to immediately release Viktoria Kulsha, imprisoned in Zarechye Correctional Colony No. 24, who has reportedly been on an indefinite hunger strike since the end of April.
🔗Read more: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
🔗Read more: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Belarus: Experts demand immediate release of activist Viktoria Kulsha
GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today called on Belarusian authorities to immediately release Viktoria Kulsha, imprisoned in Zarechye Correctional Colony No. 24, in order to save her life....
www.ohchr.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Independent human rights experts have called on Belarusian authorities to immediately release Viktoria Kulsha, imprisoned in Zarechye Correctional Colony No. 24, who has reportedly been on an indefinite hunger strike since the end of April.
🔗Read more: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
🔗Read more: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Lithuania files case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice reut.rs/4mnzyi8
Lithuania files case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice
Lithuania's foreign ministry said on Monday it has filed a case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice, accusing its neighbour of orchestrating a migrant crisis.
reut.rs
May 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Lithuania files case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice reut.rs/4mnzyi8
🚨 UN human rights experts raise serious concerns over reports that Belarusian courts are using coercive psychiatric treatment to punish dissenters.
The oldest known person transferred for such treatment is aged 77.
Learn more ⬇️
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
The oldest known person transferred for such treatment is aged 77.
Learn more ⬇️
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Belarus: Experts alarmed at reports of coercive psychiatric treatment as punishment for political dissent
GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today raised serious concerns about an alleged practice of Belarusian criminal courts transferring accused persons to coercive psychiatric treatment in retaliation for their exercise of civil and political rights.“We have received reports about at least 33 individuals, including five women, transferred for coercive psychiatric treatment because they expressed dissent with the authorities since the beginning of the political crisis around the 2020 presidential elections,” the experts said.
www.ohchr.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 UN human rights experts raise serious concerns over reports that Belarusian courts are using coercive psychiatric treatment to punish dissenters.
The oldest known person transferred for such treatment is aged 77.
Learn more ⬇️
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
The oldest known person transferred for such treatment is aged 77.
Learn more ⬇️
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued its opinion stating that the detention of Maria Rabkova is arbitrary and requested that the Government of Belarus release her immediately.
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued its opinion stating that the detention of Maria Rabkova is arbitrary and requested that the Government of Belarus release her immediately.
The European Parliament ”strongly condemns the continued expansion of repression by the Lukashenka regime, which now targets Belarusians abroad with criminal prosecution, asset seizures and other measures designed to silence dissent.”
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
Texts adopted - Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative Committee - Thursday, 3 April 2025
www.europarl.europa.eu
April 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The European Parliament ”strongly condemns the continued expansion of repression by the Lukashenka regime, which now targets Belarusians abroad with criminal prosecution, asset seizures and other measures designed to silence dissent.”
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
Additional states during the #HRC58 session, including the EU, Estonia (on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic states), Luxembourg, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Croatia, and Cyprus, also raised alarms about the widespread human rights violations against #Belarus' civilian population.
March 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
At #HRC58, Lithuania & 26 other States expressed their deep concern about the worsening human rights situation in Belarus, and called for an end to arbitrary arrests, torture, and persecution for political reasons.
@lithuaniamfa.bsky.social
@lithuaniamfa.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
At #HRC58, Lithuania & 26 other States expressed their deep concern about the worsening human rights situation in Belarus, and called for an end to arbitrary arrests, torture, and persecution for political reasons.
@lithuaniamfa.bsky.social
@lithuaniamfa.bsky.social
🚨 Who is the IAPB? 🚨
We collect, verify and preserve evidence of violations under international criminal law during the Belarus 2020 elections and its aftermath to support accountability efforts.
📢 Learn about our work and how you can support justice for Belarus: iapbelarus.org/resources/ia...
We collect, verify and preserve evidence of violations under international criminal law during the Belarus 2020 elections and its aftermath to support accountability efforts.
📢 Learn about our work and how you can support justice for Belarus: iapbelarus.org/resources/ia...
March 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨 Who is the IAPB? 🚨
We collect, verify and preserve evidence of violations under international criminal law during the Belarus 2020 elections and its aftermath to support accountability efforts.
📢 Learn about our work and how you can support justice for Belarus: iapbelarus.org/resources/ia...
We collect, verify and preserve evidence of violations under international criminal law during the Belarus 2020 elections and its aftermath to support accountability efforts.
📢 Learn about our work and how you can support justice for Belarus: iapbelarus.org/resources/ia...