About Us
L
aw and Democracy Center (Justice Hub) is a public non-profit organization founded in July 2021.
The idea of the Center has appeared in August 2020 under the roof of the EHU Center for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (CCHR) as a part of the Project “Lawyers against impunity” which aims at conducting educational arrangements promoting the application of international human rights standards fighting violations of jus cogens norms.
In March 2021, The European Parliament has invited the representatives of the EHU while discussing issues on Belarus and expressed its support to initiatives targeting impunity. Followed by a series of webinars and numerous consultations with the participation of international experts, national lawyers of different jurisdictions, and other groups eager to learn and to practice universal jurisdiction principle and interstate mechanisms, the Center was registered and started its work.
Law and Democracy Center (Justice Hub) is a public non-profit organization founded in July 2021.
Our mission:
The mission of the Center is to support the implementation of universally recognized standards of justice and due process for victims of repressions by the current political regimes in Belarus and other post-soviet countries, as well as to provide expert assistance on the constitutional and democratic reforms in those countries.
Our objectives:
- Organizing legal assistance to victims of human rights violations in Belarus and other post-soviet countries; providing victims, their representatives, as well as organizations and institutions with information on human rights remedies based on the practice of national and international judicial and quasi-judicial institutions;
- Analyzing, developing, and sharing the most effective legal instruments based on the application of universal criminal jurisdiction;
- Raising awareness of the international community and civil society about the human rights situation in Belarus and other post-soviet countries, as well as about constitutional and international guarantees against international crimes and impunity.
- Proposing guidelines and other expert assistance for the constitutional and other legal reforms aimed at building and strengthening democracy in Belarus and other post-soviet countries;
- Raising the qualifications of lawyers of those countries, strengthening their capacity based on the rule of law, human rights, and other democratic values.
Key documents
Annual Report for the period January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022