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Right to appeal in the criminal justice system in Belarus

Challenges to the introduction of the institute of appeal in criminal proceedings were discussed on 19 December 2017 in Minsk, Belarus, by the representatives of the judiciaries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Council of Europe experts. The interregional conference “Appeal in the criminal justice system: reality, trends and perspectives” was organised by the Council of Europe in co-operation with the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus.

The appeal instance was established in the criminal justice system of Belarus in 2016 and is still being set-up. At the conference, some members of the Belarusian legal community benefited from learning about the experience of countries which have undergone similar reforms in the last 15-20 years, replacing a former system of cassation by a full-fledged appeal and thus reinforcing the right to a fair trial. The participants discussed this aspect in detail.

The conference was opened by the Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Mr Christos Giakoumopoulos, the Prosecutor General of Belarus, Mr Aleksandr Koniuk, the President of the Supreme Court of Belarus, Mr Valentin Sukalo, the President of the Constitutional Court of Belarus, Mr Petr Miklashevich and Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the  European Union Delegation to Belarus, Mr Jim Couzens.

The conference which was organised in the framework of the Project “Human Rights for All”, part of the joint programme between the Council of Europe and the European Union “Partnership for good Governance” became an occasion to strengthen the co-operation between the Council of Europe and legal professionals of Belarus and prepared the ground for a set of follow-up activities.

Minsk 22 December 2017
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