International Accountability Platform for Belarus

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[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

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[#FreeViasna @FreeViasna]

⚡️International Criminal Court has opened an investigation into the Situation in Lithuania/Belarus

The case was referred by Lithuania, which asked the Court to examine alleged crimes against humanity committed by Belarusian authorities. Although #Belarus is not a member of @IntlCrimCourt, the Prosecutor’s Office found that part of the alleged crimes took place on Lithuanian territory, giving it jurisdiction.

The investigation covers cross-border crimes committed since May 1, 2020, including deportation and political persecution through deportation, which may amount to crimes against humanity.

The Prosecutor’s Office says there are reasonable grounds to believe that deportations targeting real or perceived opponents of the Belarusian government were carried out as part of a state policy and approved at the highest levels of government.

👉 https://t.co/8sQzn4NEy2

@viasna96 @IAPBelarus

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

IAPB attending a session on #UniversalJurisdiction in Poland at a conference on accountability for international crimes committed in Ukraine in Warsaw today organised by Helsinki Foundation for #HumanRights

#ICL

[#FreeViasna @FreeViasna]

Independent journalists, factory workers and union leaders, military officers, politicians, priest, cultural manager, musician, student, media manager, business owner, IT specialist… all sentenced to long prison terms for "high treason."
The number of people convicted on these charges in #Belarus is skyrocketing. Just nine months ago, it was nearly half of what it is now. #FreeThemAll

[Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC @TFV_FPV]

📣 “The reason these crimes were prosecuted is that they shatter the conscience of the international community as a whole,” said @DebRuizVerduzco

Read the latest in @guardian on #OngwenReparations

🔗 https://t.co/HHhSHBQscz

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

The IAPB continues to grow its collection of information and evidence on alleged crimes of international law and analytical documents, making it available for national prosecution efforts and international accountability bodies.

🔗 https://t.co/zwfkH2XZJ6

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

⚠️Repression in Belarus remains alarmingly high.

⛓️Over 1,300 political prisoners are detained, regularly subject to a punitive regime, solitary confinement & incommunicado detention.

🆘Torture is systematic, UN experts have found.

IAPB continues to gather evidence of alleged int'l crimes🔽
https://t.co/RQhd2axRct

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

The IAPB supports criminal justice authorities & UN bodies in investigations to hold perpetrators accountable.

This includes support for possible investigations by the #ICC after a referral of the situation in Belarus by Lithuania.

Our progress report🔽
https://t.co/zwfkH2XZJ6

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

This serves as a reminder that impunity is thriving in #Belarus and there is a pressing need to address it.

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

#Belarus: UN experts urge authorities in Belarus 🇧🇾 to address ongoing reports of inmate ill-treatment, unfair detentions, possible enforced disappearances and disproportionate restrictions of #HumanRights.

https://t.co/cEBPcUKX4D

[Viasna @viasna96]

Today, there are +14 political prisoners in Belarus

There are 1312 political prisoners in total.

[IBA News @IBAnews]

Dr Ewelina Ochab @EwelinaUO, Senior Programme #Lawyer at the IBA’s Human Rights Institute (@IBAHRI), highlighted the importance of the #universal jurisdiction principle to challenge impunity and support the victims/survivors of serious international crimes:

[#FreeViasna @FreeViasna]

✊ Stand with Lithuania to help investigate and prosecute alleged crimes against humanity and ensure justice prevails in #Belarus!
#FreeThemAll #FreeViasna @LithuaniaMFA @LtGva

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

@IntlCrimCourt @IBAHRI @omctorg @IPHR @IRCT @HumanConstanta @fidh_en @ECCHRBerlin @nhc_no @viasna96 @DIGNITY_INT The letter from 13 #humanrights orgs highlights the pressing need to combat impunity for intl crimes in #Belarus through national investigations & UJ prosecutions to ensure that justice is served for crimes not covered by the Lithuanian’s referral.

📩👉🏽https://t.co/GBYaRuTwo7

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

The IAPB and 12 leading international and Belarusian organisations are calling on #ICC State Parties to support Lithuania’s referral of the situation in #Belarus to the @IntlCrimCourt.
📩Read our open letter 👇
https://t.co/GBYaRuTwo7

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

@IntlCrimCourt @IBAHRI @omctorg @IPHR @IRCT @HumanConstanta @fidh_en @ECCHRBerlin @nhc_no @viasna96 @DIGNITY_INT By joining Lithuania’s referral, State Parties to the @IntlCrimCourt would demonstrate support for victims of human rights violations and for Belarusian human rights defenders who are imprisoned.

📩Read more in our letter: https://t.co/GBYaRuTwo7

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

@IBAHRI @omctorg @IPHR @IRCT @HumanConstanta @fidh_en @ECCHRBerlin @nhc_no @REDRESSTrust @viasna96 Other #ICC State Parties will strengthen Lithuania’s referral by joining it, especially if they contribute to the current and any potential future investigation by sharing existing evidence and information.

[Viktoryia Fiodarava @gomellawyer]

At today's meeting with the Norwegian MFA, I asked:
▪️to support human rights defenders, including IAPB @IAPBelarus
▪️to support the Lithuanian referral to the ICC
▪️ to file a case against Belarus in the ICJ regarding the application of Convention Against Torture.

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

@PhilipGrant40 26 years ago this week, the arrest of Pinochet, the Chilean dictator, gave hope to victims and it was a huge boost to the international justice movement. Part of what made that event so consequential is that back then almost nobody thought it possible.

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

Viktoryia Fiodarava, @IAPBelarus co-lead, speaking on #Belarus' #HumanRights crises at the @OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference #WarsawHDC.