聯合國委員會表示，白俄執行死刑，違反了國際義務
聯合國委員會表示，白俄執行死刑，違反了國際義務
聯合國人權事務委員會說白俄羅斯執行死刑違反ICCPR第六條和第十四條。（只要個案的死刑審判不符合公平審判，這樣的死刑執行就違反ICCPR第6條、14條）
來源：兩公約施行監督聯盟
2011年7月27日今天，聯合國人權事務委員會譴責白俄羅斯違反國際協約，因為該國執行了兩個死刑，儘管這兩個死刑案件還在委員會的審查中。委員會是在監督是否遵守公民政治權利國際公約（ICCPR）的獨立機構，委員會表示" 驚愕"，因為這波執行是白俄羅斯兩年內的第二次違反公約。
根據委員會所發佈的新聞稿，Oleg Grishkovtsov和Andrei Burdyko曾經指稱，他們在審判前的訊問都又遭受刑求，且沒有獲得公正的審判。媒體報導指出，這兩人被發現是預謀殺人、有凶器傷人、縱火、綁架未成年人、盜竊和搶劫。
委員會已經要求白俄羅斯當局，在他們的案子還受到檢視時，不要執行死刑。執行死刑的確切日期仍然不明，但猜測是在7月13日到19日這段期間執行。 委員會對白俄羅斯在日內瓦的常駐聯合國代表團發了一封信，信中對於明顯的處決"已經違反了委員會所要求的臨時保護措施"，表示關切。
委員會主席Zonke Zanele Majodina表示：「我們所要求的臨時保護措施，目的是要避免對被控人權侵犯受害者，造成不可彌補的傷害。委員會遺憾的是，白俄羅斯持續對這兩個人執行死刑，已經嚴重違反該國對於ICCPR任擇議定書的責任。
這封信還說，在公約底下：「至關重要的是，只能是在充分尊重公平審判權利的情況下判處死刑。在不符合公平審判要求的審判之後判處死刑，無異是違反了公約的第14條和第6條」Zanele Majodina女士這麼說。
去年三月，儘管委員會有要求臨時保護措施，但Andrei Zhuk和Vasily Yuzepchuk還是被處決了。這封信這麼說。
27 July 2011 -
The United Nations Human Rights Committee today accused Belarus of violating its international agreements by executing two persons while their cases were still under review by the committee.The committee - an independent body supervising compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - expressed "dismay" that the executions were the second such breach by Belarus in two years.
According to a press statement issued by the committee, Oleg Grishkovtsov and Andrei Burdyko had alleged that they were subjected to torture at the pre-trial investigation stage and did not receive a fair trial. Media reports indicated the two were found guilty of premeditated murder, armed assault, arson, kidnapping of a minor, theft and robbery.
The committee had asked authorities in Belarus not to carry out the executions while their cases were under consideration. The exact date of the executions remains unknown but it is presumed that they took place between 13 and 19 July.
The committee sent a letter to Belarus' Permanent Mission in Geneva, expressing concern over the apparent executions "in violation of the committee's request for interim measures of protection."
"Our requests for interim measures of protection are aimed at averting irreparable harm to alleged victims of human rights violations. The committee deplores the fact that, by proceeding to execute these two individuals, Belarus has committed a grave breach of its obligations under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights," said Zonke Zanele Majodina, the committee's chairperson.
The letter said that under the covenant: "It is imperative that a death sentence be imposed only in full respect of the right to a fair trial. The imposition of a death sentence after a trial that did not meet the requirements for a fair trial amounts to a violation of articles 14 and 6 of the covenant," Ms. Zanele Majodina said.
In March last year Andrei Zhuk and Vasily Yuzepchuk were executed despite the committee's request for interim measures of protection, it said.