ДЕЛА ГРАЖДАН БЕЛАРУСИ В ЕВРОПЕЙСКОМ СУДЕ ПО ПРАВАМ ЧЕЛОВЕКА
CASES OF BELARUSIAN NATIONALS AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Author(s): Andrei Yeliseyeu
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Governance, EU-Legislation
Published by: BISS - Беларускі інстытут стратэгічных даследаванняў
Summary/Abstract: Belarus is the only country in Europe which is not a member state of the Council of Europe; accordingly, it is not subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, the judicial authority of the Council of Europe, established in accordance with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), 1950). Yet the nationals of our country may lodge complaints with the Strasbourg Court against the governmental agencies of the 47 member countries of the Council of Europe. And they do exercise this right. For example, the ruling of the ECtHR on the complaint lodged by the public activist Igor Koktysh against Ukraine got widely publicized in the media, as well as the ruling on the complaint of one of the key figures in the Belarusian customs corruption case, Pavel Molotchko1, lodged by him also against Ukraine.

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