OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism invoked to examine alleged human rights violations in Belarus

Seventeen OSCE participating States invoked the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism on 17 September 2020 to examine alleged human rights violations in Belarus.

The Moscow Mechanism, last invoked in 2018 in relation to the Russian Federation, provides the opportunity for participating States to send missions of experts to assist in the resolution of a particular question or problem relating to the human dimension. Further information is available here.

Any information relevant to the work of the Moscow Mechanism can be sent to the following email address: moscowmechanism2020@odihr.pl. The information will then be forwarded to the expert mission, once established.

The 17 countries that have invoked the Moscow Mechanism in this case are: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States.