On the landmark decision of the constitutional court of the Republic of Belarus on historical memory

Occupation: Chairman
Affiliation: Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus
Address: 4, Krasnoarmeyskaya str., 220016 Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 6

Pages

7-12

Abstract

The article analyzes the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus on the verification of the constitutionality of the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On the genocide of the Belarusian people”, adopted on December 29, 2021 in the order of mandatory preliminary constitutional control of laws before they are signed by the President of the Republic of Belarus. In December 2021, the Parliament of the Republic of Belarus adopted the Law “On the genocide of the Belarusian people”, which provides for the legal recognition of the genocide of the Belarusian people committed by Nazi criminals and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period (until 1951), and at the same time, criminal liability is established for public denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people. The author focuses on the approaches of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus, which recognized the specified Law as consistent with the Constitution, on the need for legislative barriers to attempts to falsify the events and results of the Second World War, on the interpretation of the concept of “genocide of the Belarusian people” that complies with International Law, on strengthening the protection of state sovereignty, preservation of historical truth based on irrefutable documentary evidence of the genocide of the Belarusian people.

Keywords

Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus, preservation of historical truth, genocide of the Belarusian people, public denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people, patriotism, preliminary constitutional control

Received

30.04.2022

Publication date

20.06.2022

Number of characters

19315

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GOST	Miklashevich P. On the landmark decision of the constitutional court of the Republic of Belarus on historical memory // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 6 C. 7-12 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520020389-8-1 (circulation date: 04.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020389-8
MLA	Miklashevich, Petr P "On the landmark decision of the constitutional court of the Republic of Belarus on historical memory." Gosudarstvo i pravo 6 (2022):7-12. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020389-8
APA	Miklashevich P. (2022). On the landmark decision of the constitutional court of the Republic of Belarus on historical memory. Gosudarstvo i pravo (6), pp.7-12 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520020389-8

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