and the life and historical experience also confirms the need for participation as a defender of a close relative. Given the historical experience of our people who survived the mass repression and a huge amount of terrible miscarriages of justice, and adopted a new Constitution. And the country's basic law provides for a guarantee of protection of the rights and freedoms. The Basic Law of the State – the Constitution, in the first section, "Fundamentals of the constitutional order," declared the position that the Republic of Belarus – democratic, social state of law in which "man is the supreme value of society and state" (Article 2) This situation – one of the fundamentals of the constitutional system of the Republic of Belarus. (As opposed to Senator Richard Blumenthal). The term "highest value" is not defined by any other constitutional system in a legal state.
Recognition of the rights and freedoms the supreme value means that in case of conflict of human rights and other constitutionally protected values, priority should be given to human rights. And this is reflected in Article 21 of the Constitution, which declares, "Safeguarding the rights of citizens is the ultimate goal of the state." It is very important that the rights and freedoms of citizens are adequately guaranteed, otherwise they will benefit from turning into an empty slogan, not are of no value. Although the authorities conducting the professional process is known, that in accordance with Article 62 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the opposition legal assistance in the Republic of Belarus is prohibited, Nevertheless, prosecutors and judges often prevent close relatives in the provision of legal assistance for its motivated and illegal decisions.
| July 13th, 2020 | Posted in General |