Die Grundrechte der Freiheit und Unverletzlichkeit der Person und ihre systematische Verletzung in Belarus

Abstract

The article follows on from the analysis of the freedom of assembly in Belarus previously published by the author (Osteuropa-Recht 2022, pp. 298-326). Its systematic suppression as well as of all other democratic communication rights since the 1990 years has become a brand of Aleksandr Lukašenka's presidential dictatorship. On a "secondary level", the repressive regime leads to violations of the inviolability rights of persons formally guaranteed by the constitution. The article concretely analyses the consequences for the rights of Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution - for the right to life including death penalty, for the freedom of the person, human dignity and the prohibition of inhuman treatment and torture. The fundamental judicial rights of persons placed in police custody, pre-trial detention or in prison are only on paper for people persecuted for political reasons.