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Belarus


This National Site collects leading decisions from Belarus. The National Coordinators for Belarus are:

Natalia  Berkowitz

Ms. Makarchik has been working as a legal assistant with the UNHCR Representative office in the Republic of Belarus. She represents the interests of refugees and asylum seekers in the state institution and courts of the Republic of Belarus, including the High Court. She is also the author of the book 'Legal Defense of Refugees in the Republic of Belarus'.

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Inna  Ugnivenko

As Madame Justice of the Appeals Court, Ms. Ugnivenko deals with cases of refugees and asylum seekers, reviewing decisions of the lower courts. In addition from 1999 to 2002, she also issued original judgments on such cases. As of 2002, she is the only Belorussian member of the International Association of Refugee Judges.

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Belarus's Most Recent Decision

The most recent decision added to the Belarus site is Masuda Abdul Khalik v Ministry of Labour and Social Defence, a decision rendered in Belarus by the Moskovskij Regional Court on Tuesday, April 13, 2004, involving an applicant from Afghanistan. A brief summary of the facts of the case is: The wife of an Afghan refugee fears persecution by the Mojaheds because of her marital status.

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