President of Human Rights Council appoints members of new Group of Experts on Human Rights in Belarus

The President of the Human Rights Council, Omar Zniber (Morocco), has announced the appointment of Susan Bazilli (Canada), Karinna Moskalenko (Russian Federation) and Monika Stanisława Płatek (Poland) to serve as the three members of the new Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus. Ms. Moskalenko will serve as chair. All three previously served as experts on the OHCHR (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) examination of the human rights situation in Belarus, the mandate of which expired in April 2024.

With resolution 55/27 adopted on 4 April 2024, the Human Rights Council established, for a renewable period of one year, a group of three independent experts on human rights in Belarus to be appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council.

The President of the Human Rights Council sought recommendations from various stakeholders and expressions of interest to find highly qualified and impartial candidates to fill these positions. The Group’s members will serve in their personal capacities and will not be paid salaries for their work.