Preparations for the seventh meeting of the CIS Human Rights Commission discussed in Minsk

The CIS Executive Committee, using video-conference, held a working meeting dedicated to the preparation for the seventh meeting of the Commission on Human Rights of the Commonwealth of Independent States. This was reported to sb.by by the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.

The event was attended by members of the Commission from the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, authorized representatives of the staff of the Commission members from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States, employees of the Commission Secretariat and the CIS Executive Committee.

During the meeting, the participants discussed the degree of readiness of the issues included in the draft agenda of the upcoming meeting of the Commission, which will be held on November 25, 2026, and also agreed on the dates of the round table “On mediation mechanisms for the settlement of disputes affecting human rights” and the conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of December 16, 1966, which will be held in Minsk on November 26 and December 3, 2026, respectively. The CIS and SCO Counter-Terrorism Forum will be held in Minsk on October 7-8. CIS Executive Committee.