Human Rights in Crisis, Belarus 2022

Watch it again: HRC50 digital side event “Human Rights in Crisis, Belarus 2022” organised on Tuesday, 14 June, 2022 by Human Rights House Foundation, PEN America and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania, Geneva.

Moderator

00:00 Polina Sadovskaya, Eurasia Program Director at PEN America

Opening statements

04:21 Dr. Mantas Adomėnas, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
09:55 Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
12:52 Ambassador Michèle Taylor, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council

Speakers

16:06 Anaïs Marin, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus
25:37 Taciana Niadbaj, Executive Director and Vice-President of PEN Belarus
33:00 Margaret Atwood, Author of The Handmaid’s Tale
37:34 Aleh Aheyeu, Deputy Director of Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)
43:35 Valery Kavaleuski, Head of Cabinet, Belarus Opposition Leader S. Tsikhanouskaya
52:06 Pavel Sapelko, Lawyer, Human Rights Centre “Viasna”
56:46 Matthew Jones, International Advocacy Officer of the Human Rights House Foundation

Interventions

01:02:09 Ambassador Zbigniew Czech, Permanent representative of Poland to the United Nations in Geneva
01:05:14 Oleksandr Kapustin, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations in Geneva
01:07:27 Ambassador Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations, Geneva

Closing recommendations from panellists

1:09:59 Taciana Niadbaj
1:10:55 Aleh Aheyeu
1:12:46 Pavel Sapelko
1:14:00 Valery Kavaleuski
1:16:00 Closing remarks from Polina Sadovskaya

Event co-sponsored by Article 19, FIDH, International Bar association, as well as the permanent missions to the United Nations in Geneva of: European Union, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, France, Romania, Finnland, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Luxemburg, Belgium, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Greece, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Japan, Australia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Iceland and Norway.