Administrative Code of Belarus
The Administrative Code of Belarus is the set of laws that codify administrative law in Belarus.[1][2]
History
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The Belarusian administrative code was updated on 1 March 2021, strengthening penalties for several actions in relation to civil disobedience.[1]
Offences
[edit]Civil disobedience
[edit]The Code of Administrative Offences was changed on 1 March 2021. Chapter 24 of the 2021 code includes several articles commonly used to prosecute participants in protests and other public-order offences. Under Article 24.23, "violation of the order of organizing or holding mass events" is punishable by a fine, fine, community service, or administrative detention. The community service can be from 8 to 60 hours.[1]
Disobedience to a lawful demand of an official, in practice during political protests, is punishable under Article 24.3. The "illegal use and manufacture of flags and symbols" is punishable under Article 24.26.[1]
Bodily harm
[edit]The intentional infliction of bodily harm or other violence that causes insignificant injury is publishable by a fine or administrative arrest under Article 9.1 of the code.[2]
Fairness of trials
[edit]As of 2022, court cases in Belarus are often scheduled ten minutes apart from one another[3] and can conclude in as little three minutes,[4] and have been criticized for being "not a court".[5] Consistently from 2016 through 2020, trials resulting in a guilty verdict occurred at a frequency of 99.7% and 99.8%.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "New Administrative Code comes into force in Belarus". Belsat TV. 2021-03-02. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- 1 2 "Code of the Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus". Legal Information Institute. 2003. Archived from the original on 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ↑ "Журналиста Артема Майорова будут судить за «мелкое хулиганство»". Все новости Беларуси. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ↑ "Судейский скорострел. Белорусский суд рассмотрел "протестное" дело за 3 минуты". Городские порталы Беларуси - Govorim.by. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ↑ "Правозащитник о деле журналиста Дмитрия Лупача: «Заседание длилось три минуты. Это не суд»". belsat.eu (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ↑ "В Беларуси в 2020 году 99,7% приговоров были обвинительными". belsat.eu (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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