1. The Committee of
Ministers has examined Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2201 (2021) "Human rights violations in Belarus require an international
investigation", which it has transmitted to the Committee of Legal
Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI), the Steering Committee
on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) and the European Committee
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment (CPT) for information and possible comments.
2. The Committee recalls that, on 17 March 2022, due to the active
participation of Belarus in the aggression of the Russian Federation
against Ukraine, it decided to suspend relations between the Council
of Europe and this country under the terms agreed in its decision CM/Del/Dec(2022)1429/2.5.
3. The Committee of Ministers will re-examine the recommendations
made by the Parliamentary Assembly in its Recommendation 2201 (2021) when it considers that the conditions for re-establishing
relations with Belarus are met.
